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The last of the slaves inherited by Lee's wife were freed in 1862 at the start of the war.

Most stayed on at the plantation or at the federally established Freedman's Village on the property.

Their descendants still live in Arlington County

Robert E Lee granted his personal slave freedom in 1858

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