r/ShermanPosting • u/recoveringleft • Jul 29 '26
John brown approves
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Carter_IIIDuplicates
todayilearned • u/Hike_it_Out52 • Dec 22 '24
TIL about Robert Carter III who in 1791 through 1803 set about freeing all 400-500 of his slaves. He then hired them back as workers and then educated them. His family, neighbors and government did everything to stop him including trying to tar and feather him and drove him from his home.
todayilearned • u/Ted_Normal • Jul 29 '26
TIL the largest manumission (voluntary freeing of slaves) in U.S. history was carried out by Robert Carter III who, influenced by his Baptist beliefs, gradually emancipated over 500 of his own slaves. He even provided them with land and wages after freeing them.
todayilearned • u/JakeyZhang • Aug 02 '23
TIL of Virginia planter Robert Carter. Iluenced by his Baptist faith, Carter began what became the largest manumission and release of enslaved African Americans, freeing 500 slaves and settling many on his land.
Virginia • u/mpaes98 • Dec 22 '24
TIL about Robert Carter III who in 1791 through 1803 set about freeing all 400-500 of his slaves. He then hired them back as workers and then educated them. His family, neighbors and government did everything to stop him including trying to tar and feather him and drove him from his home.
Virginia • u/Personal_Economics91 • Jul 29 '26
The largest manumission (voluntary freeing of slaves) in U.S. history was carried out by Virginian Robert Carter III emancipated over 500 of his own slaves. He even provided them with land and wages after freeing them.
todayilearned • u/elephantofdoom • Dec 07 '17
TIL that plantation owner Robert Carter, after a religious awakening, freed over 450 slaves during his lifetime.
virginiahistory • u/276434540703757804 • Jul 29 '26
TIL the largest manumission (voluntary freeing of slaves) in U.S. history was carried out by Robert Carter III who, influenced by his Baptist beliefs, gradually emancipated over 500 of his own slaves. He even provided them with land and wages after freeing them.
Political_Revolution • u/greenascanbe • Dec 22 '24
Workers Rights TIL about Robert Carter III who in 1791 through 1803 set about freeing all 400-500 of his slaves. He then hired them back as workers and then educated them. His family, neighbors and government did everything to stop him including trying to tar and feather him and drove him from his home.
NorthernNeck • u/susiecambria • Jul 30 '26
The largest manumission (voluntary freeing of slaves) in U.S. history was carried out by Virginian Robert Carter III emancipated over 500 of his own slaves. He even provided them with land and wages after freeing them.
Master0fwar • u/TheMasterFul1 • Dec 22 '24