Support WBURThey're strangers with a painful shared bond: Robert E. Lee enslaved their ancestorsPlay06:55Download AudioDebbie ElliottApril 24, 2023 ShareDescendants of the enslavers and the enslaved unite for a family portrait at the Arlington House, the former plantation once owned by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and his wife, Mary Custis Lee. (Dee Dwyer for NPR)