George Robertson to Abraham Lincoln
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George Robertson wrote this letter to President Abraham Lincoln on November 20, 1862, complaining that Union army officers were not returning runaway slaves to loyal Kentucky citizens. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Judge George Robertson
Historical Marker #816 in Robertson County commemorates the naming of that county after George Robertson, a prominent judge who tangled with Abraham Lincoln about slavery during the Civil War.
Born in Mercer County in 1780, Robertson was a…