Robert Carter III

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emancipator human planter politician slaveholder

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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Predicate Object
instanceOf emancipator ⓘ
human ⓘ
planter ⓘ
politician ⓘ
slaveholder ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ
father Robert Carter II NERFINISHED ⓘ
fatherInLaw Benjamin Tasker Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
floruit late-18th century ⓘ
mid-18th century ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
grandfather Robert Carter I NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement early American antislavery movement ⓘ
notableWork Deed of Gift NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfEnslavedPeopleFreed more than 450 ⓘ
occupation landowner ⓘ
planter ⓘ
politician ⓘ
owned Nomini Hall plantation NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lancaster County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld member of the Virginia Governor's Council ⓘ
member of the Virginia House of Burgesses ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
Baptist ⓘ
Swedenborgianism ⓘ
residence Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lancaster County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nomini Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
Westmoreland County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Williamsburg, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Frances Ann Tasker NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nomini Hall (historic plantation) → associatedWith → Robert Carter III ⓘ
subject surface form: Nomini Hall
Carter family of Virginia → hasNotableMember → Robert Carter III ⓘ
Nomini Hall (historic plantation) → ownedBy → Robert Carter III ⓘ
subject surface form: Nomini Hall