The Lie About Lee: Addendum

Written By Matthew Miller, Andrew Johnson, & J.R. Dunmore

“In the late spring of 1859, three enslaved people at Arlington House, Wesley Norris, Mary Norris, and George Parks, made the bold decision to emancipate themselves by running to the free state of Pennsylvania. Upon their return, Col. Lee ordered them whipped. They were two men and one woman. The officer whipped the two men, and said he would not whip t…