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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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