The First Emancipator: The Forgotten Story of Robert Carter, the Founding Father Who Freed His Slaves by Andrew Levy

The First Emancipator: The Forgotten Story of Robert Carter, the Founding Father Who Freed His Slaves

Andrew Levy

336 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 Georg...

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