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    As Copied from: https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/05/us/robert-carter-iii-deed-of-gift-slavery-anniversary/index.html This is the only known portrait of Robert Carter III, who freed more than 500 slaves decades before the Emancipation Proclamation.Courtesy of Virginia Museum of History & Culture Like Washington and Jefferson, he championed liberty. Unlike the founders, he freed his slaves By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN…

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    Event to commemorate freeing slaves in 1791 Posted on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 2:55 pm In 1791, 72 years before President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, Robert Carter III, grandson of Robert “King” Carter and a wealthy Virginia planter, set his slaves free. The Foundation for Historic Christ Church, the…