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Robert Carter III (February 28, 1728 – 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.
Dec 22, 2021 · Robert Carter, also known as Robert Carter III and Councillor Carter, was a Virginia planter and politician who emancipated over 500 slaves in 1791. He served on the Council of State, the Committee of Correspondence, and the General Court, and converted to evangelical Christianity and Swedenborgianism.
Sep 5, 2021 · It was 230 years ago Sunday that Robert Carter III, the patriarch of one of the wealthiest families in Virginia, quietly walked into a Northumberland County courthouse and delivered an airtight...
Sep 5, 2021 · It was 230 years ago Sunday that Robert Carter III, the patriarch of one of the wealthiest families in Virginia, quietly walked into a Northumberland County courthouse and delivered an airtight...
Robert Carter, also known as Robert Carter III and Councilor Carter, was a member of Virginia’s Council of State (1758–1776) who, after a religious conversion, emancipated more than five hundred of his enslaved African Americans.
Virginian Robert Carter III, the wealthy scion of Robert “King” Carter, who was one of the largest landowners and slaveholders in colonial Virginia, made a momentous personal decision on September 6, 1778.
Sep 7, 2021 · Robert Carter III ‘s Deed of Gift was a legal document, signed on August 1, 1791, and presented in Northumberland District Court on September 5, that set out provisions to free 452 enslaved men and woman.
