![]() ![]() Given that he was born free and that in Virginia, the status of a mother determined the status of her children, it is possible that his mother had at one time been enslaved by the Carters but had gained her freedom prior to Robinson’s birth.Īs a young man, James was “bound out” a common practice at the time among free African Americans where a child was apprenticed or put to work until the age of 21. ![]() His father was likely a member of the wealthy and influential Carter family whose reach extended through much of Virginia and whose success was made on the backs of enslaved labor. According to Robinson family oral tradition, James’ father was Landon Carter Jr., a wealthy planter whose home, Pittsylvania, once loomed large over the landscape where the Battles of Manassas would be fought. By contrast, we know very little about James’ mother. James Robinson was a free African American born near Manassas, Virginia in 1799 to an African American mother and a white father. ![]() " James Robinson may not have been a Colonel or a General, but he and his generations were people to be proud of.” ![]()
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