The Anti-Jefferson.(Robert Carter III)

From: American Scholar | Date: March 22, 2001| Author: LEVY, ANDREW | Copyright information

Why Robert Carter III Freed His Slaves (And Why We Couldn't Care Less)

There is only one known portrait of Robert Carter III. He posed for it sometime around 1749 in Thomas Hudson's London studio, and when one looks at the result two and a half centuries later, it is easy enough to imagine what the painter was thinking. Probably Carter was just another country gentlemen--this one a little young, with that flat American accent making him seem more like a Scot or an Ulster...

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