Lee believed that slavery was a great evil for white people who were “burdened” by God with the duty of civilizing the “inferior race.”
In the quote I posted, he said it was a "greater (italics mine) evil" to whites than to blacks. That means that it was an "evil" to blacks as well, albeit to a lesser degree in his eyes.
Sure, but it doesn't mean much to me. Displays a sickening ossification of his moral compass, which is one of many reasons he is a big HP.
But I don't think it makes Lee at least any more of a HP than any number of other people at the time. The Wiki article on Lee quotes Elizabeth Brown Pryor, the author of an important book on him, as saying that Lee's views on slavery and African Americans, "which today seem startling, were entirely unremarkable in Lee's world. No visionary, Lee nearly always tried to conform to accepted opinions. His assessment of black inferiority, of the necessity of racial stratification, the primacy of slave law, and even a divine sanction for it all, was in keeping with the prevailing views of other moderate slaveholders and a good many prominent Northerners."
He chose to betray his nation he took an oath too. Just cause he wasnt as evil as the rest of the Confederate Leadership doesn't mean he isnt an Massive HP.
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