It is a good book... especially fascinating to me since Carter is an ancestor,
and I had only heard fairly negative things about him from family lore.
(Refreshing to know that, as I firmly believe, nobody is all good nor all bad.)
-Melinda Skinner

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From: Henry Wiencek <[log in to unmask]>
> Lonny Watro's remarks about a Baptist ancestor prompt me to put in a plug
> for Andrew Levy's superb book, "The First Emancipator," about Robert
> Carter, who was among the first high-status Virginians to become a
> Baptist.  The book portrays the struggles of the early Baptists against
> violent abuse, Carter's extraordinary emancipation, and the twists and
> turns of Carter's religious conversions.  It is one of the best and most
> enjoyable books I've read on 18th-century Virginia.  A must-read.
>
> Henry Wiencek
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