The Forgotten Founding Father Who Freed 500 Slaves
Why Robert Carter III freed his slaves 70 years before the Emancipation Proclamation
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11 min readOct 29, 2020
“And whereas I have for some time past been convinced that to retain them in Slavery is contrary to the true principles of Religion & justice, & that therefore it was my duty to manumit them” — Excerpt from the Deed of Gift
