1853-005: Exrs. of St Ledger Landon Carter vs. Robert O Carter, etc.:

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St. Leger Landon Carter emancipated in his will a number of enslaved people, some of whom had already moved to Philadelphia, Penn. Carter left these enslaved individuals a considerable amount of money and property, while also stipulating that the newly free people could not be sent to Liberia without their consent and while they had to leave the state of Virginia, they could choose where they moved to.

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