{"id":21024,"date":"2026-05-28T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=21024"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:41:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T18:41:04","slug":"the-founders-charles-carroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=21024","title":{"rendered":"The Founders: Charles Carroll"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Charles Carroll of Carrollton <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Why keep alive the question of slavery? It is admitted by all to be a great evil.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence. He was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress from Maryland and although he wasn’t present to vote for it he did sign on August 2, 1776. He was a slave holder and a very rich plantation owner. He was definitely a “do as I say not as I do” person about slavery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Charles Carroll was “of Carrollton” to distinguish him from his namesake father from Annapolis. He lived to be 95 and was the last signer of the Declaration of Independence to die. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of the slavery courage and hypocrisy, his Catholicism and longevity. Charles Carroll earns a B on the Simon Signers Familiarity Index. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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