On this episode, Cody and Steve celebrate our Independence Day by talking about the fabulously wealthy, constantly indebted, and prodigious father from Virginia, Carter Braxton.

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Sources

• “Braxton, Carter.” Repository of Historical Documents. Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery & Justice, < https://library.brown.edu/cds/slaveryandjustice/browse.php?verb=retrieve&class=value&valueid=95845>. Retrieved 19 Jun 2023.
• Cruz, Shelley. “Carter Braxton.” Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, < https://www.dsdi1776.com/signer/carter-braxton/>. Retrieved 19 Jun 2023.
• Dill, Alonzo. Carter Braxton, Virginia Signer: A Conservative in Revolt. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1983.
• Rappleye, Charles. Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade, and the American Revolution. New York City, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2006.3
• See pinned post on Bluesky for general sources

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