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Photographer: Wikipedia (Constance Cary Harrison)
Caption: Thomas 9th Lord Fairfax
Additional Description: "Thomas, by descent ninth Lord of Fairfax ... was a devout follower of the eighteenth-century Swedish philosopher, scientist, and Christian mystic Emanuel Swedenborg. Fairfax, due to his religious beliefs, was the first Virginian to manumit his slaves. Thereafter, he taught each freed slave a trade and sent those who were self-sufficient to Liberia." -- Gaillynn M. Bowman, Constance Cary Harrison, Rufugitta of Richmond, MA Thesis, Marshall University, 2003.
Submitted: February 17, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p266563
File Size: 0.060 Megabytes

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