Matthew F. Maury never owned but one slave, a woman who remained a
servant and member of his family until her death, some years after the
war.[226] As we have seen, he characterized the institution as "a
curse."[227]
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Footnote 216:
_Slavery and Abolition_, Hart, p. 67.
Footnote 217:
_Idem_, p. 68.
Footnote 218:
_Four Years Under Marse Robert_, Stiles, p. 49.
Footnote 219:
_The Confederate Cause and Conduct, in the War Between the States_,
McGuire and Christian, p. 22.
Footnote 220:
See letter from his eldest son, General G. W. Custis Lee, to the
Author, dated February 4, 1907, on file in Virginia Historical
Society.
Footnote 221:
_The Confederate Cause and Conduct in the War Between the States_,
McGuire and Christian, p. 22.
Footnote 222:
See letter from his nephew, Dr. George Ben Johnston, of Richmond,
Va., dated April 17, 1907, to the Author, on file in Virginia
Historical Society.
Footnote 223:
See letter from his son-in-law, James Macgill, dated April 20, 1908,
to the Author, on file in Virginia Historical Society.
Footnote 224:
See letter from his widow, Mrs. Flora Stuart, to the Author, dated
March 25, 1908, on file in Virginia Historical Society.
Footnote 225:
See letter from his brother, Daniel M. Lee, to the Author, dated May
28, 1908, on file in Virginia Historical Society.
Footnote 226:
See letter from his son, Colonel Richard L. Maury, to the Author,
dated June 1, 1907, on file in Virginia Historical Society.
Footnote 227:
See _Life of Matthew F. Maury_, Corbin, p. 131.