On Sept. 5, 1791, Robert Carter III presented a “Deed of Gift” to the District Court in Northumberland County, VA. The document will ultimately free more than 500 enslaved African Americans across the 16 plantations he owned in Virginia. (Source: Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society)
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Virginia’s Robert Carter III and his “Deed of Gift” freed more than 500 slaves
On Sept. 5, 1791, Robert Carter III presented a “Deed of Gift” to the District Court in Northumberland County, VA. The document will ultimately free more than 500 enslaved African Americans across the 16 plantations he owned in Virginia. (Source: Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society)
On Sept. 5, 1791, Robert Carter III presented a “Deed of Gift” to the District Court in Northumberland County, VA. The document will ultimately free more than 500 enslaved African Americans across the 16 plantations he owned in Virginia. (Source: Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society)