 Randolphs who freed slaves and fought Virginia's growing dependence on the "peculiar institution" in the early Republic are less known, but include Ryland Randolph of Turkey Island and Ann Cary Randolph Morris, who later married founding father (and anti-slavery advocate) Gouverneur Morris of New York Jacob Randolph of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, freed 13 slaves in 1783.John Randolph of Roanoke freed nearly 400 slaves in his will, probated in 1833 and upheld more than a decade later.Richard Randolph (?