Lee Family Doll

AIRED: Season 3, Episode 9
THE DETECTIVE: Tukufu Zuberi
THE JUNIOR DETECTIVE: Graham Sweeney
THE PLACE: Brookeville, Maryland

THE CASE:

A retired school principal owns a beautiful, antique and rare "Greiner" doll.

Pinned to its dress is a note saying the doll once belonged to a former slave of the legendary Confederate general Robert E. Lee.

Her grandson joins History Detectives to help his grandmother uncover the true story behind the doll and its legacy as they head to Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia to explore the complex and intriguing story behind General Lee's relationship with slavery.

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