The First Emancipator - The Forgotten Story of Robert Carter: the Founding Father Who Freed His Slaves by Andrew Levy
Robert Carter III, the grandson of Tidewater legend Robert “King” Carter, was born into the highest circles of Virginia’s Colonial aristocracy. He was neighbor and kin to the Washingtons and Lees and a friend and peer to Thomas Jefferson and George Mason. But on September 5, 1791, Carter severed his ties with this glamorous elite at the stroke of a pen. In a document he called his Deed of Gift, Carter declared his intent to set free nearly five hundred slaves in the largest single act of liberation in the history of American slavery before the Emancipation Proclamation
This hardcover book is in good condition with some imperfections to the dust jacket but pages and cover in very good condition.
ISBN 10: 0375508651 / ISBN 13: 9780375508653
Publisher: Random House
Publication Date: 2005
