Robert Carter III

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Robert Carter III was an 18th-century Virginia planter and politician best known for orchestrating one of the largest private emancipations of enslaved people in early American history.

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Robert Carter III canonical 6

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instanceOf emancipator ⓘ
human ⓘ
planter ⓘ
politician ⓘ
slaveholder ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Colony of Virginia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1728-02-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1804-03-10 ⓘ
describedAs one of the wealthiest men in colonial Virginia ⓘ
the "First Emancipator" in some historical works ⓘ
educatedAt College of William & Mary ⓘ
familyName Carter ⓘ
father Robert Carter II ⓘ
linked to: Robert Carter I
fatherInLaw Benjamin Tasker Sr. ⓘ
floruit late-18th century ⓘ
mid-18th century ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
grandfather Robert Carter I ⓘ
heritage Virginia planter elite ⓘ
knownFor orchestrating one of the largest private emancipations of enslaved people in early American history ⓘ
signing the 1791 Deed of Gift to gradually free his enslaved people ⓘ
legalAction filed manumission deeds for enslaved people beginning in 1791 ⓘ
memberOf Virginia gentry ⓘ
motherInLaw Ann Bladen ⓘ
movement early American antislavery movement ⓘ
notableWork Deed of Gift ⓘ
numberOfEnslavedPeopleFreed more than 450 ⓘ
occupation landowner ⓘ
planter ⓘ
politician ⓘ
owned Nomini Hall plantation ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lancaster County, Virginia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Baltimore, Maryland ⓘ
positionHeld member of the Virginia Governor's Council ⓘ
member of the Virginia House of Burgesses ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
Baptist ⓘ
Swedenborgianism ⓘ
residence Baltimore, Maryland ⓘ
Lancaster County, Virginia ⓘ
Nomini Hall ⓘ
Westmoreland County, Virginia ⓘ
Williamsburg, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Williamsburg
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Frances Ann Tasker ⓘ

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Nomini Hall → associatedWith → Robert Carter III ⓘ
Nomini Hall → ownedBy → Robert Carter III ⓘ
Carter family of Virginia → hasNotableMember → Robert Carter III ⓘ
Gradual Emancipation Deed of 1791 → author → Robert Carter III ⓘ