Robert Carter III
American planter and politician (1728ā1804) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Carter III (February 28, 1728 ā March 10, 1804) was an American planter and politician from the Northern Neck of Virginia. During the colonial period, he sat on the Virginia Governor's Council for roughly two decades. After the American Revolutionary War saw the Thirteen Colonies gain independence from the British Empire as the United States, Carter, influenced by his belief in Baptism, began the largest manumission in the history of the United States prior to the American Civil War.
Robert Carter III | |
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Born | February 28, 1728 |
Died | March 10, 1804 (aged 76) |
Alma mater | College of William and Mary |
Occupation(s) | Planter, politician |
Spouse | Frances Ann Tasker |
Children | 17 |
Despite strong opposition from family members and neighbors, Carter began emancipating the hundreds of slaves he owned via a deed of gift filed with the Northumberland County, Virginia authorities on September 5, 1791, eighty years before the Civil War. Over the following years, Carter gradually emancipated over 500 of his slaves by filing documents with the Northumberland County, Virginia authorities, and settled many freedmen on land he gave them. Carter died in Baltimore, Maryland in 1804.[1]