Samuel Gist
... that rags-to-riches colonial Virginia slave owner Samuel Gist owned as many as 1000 slaves, most of whom were freed after his death?
... that rags-to-riches <a href="./Colony_of_Virginia" id="mwA6E" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Colony of Virginia">colonial Virginia</a> slave owner <b id="mwA6I"><a href="./Samuel_Gist" id="mwA6M" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Samuel Gist">Samuel Gist</a></b> owned as many as 1000 slaves, most of whom were <a href="./Manumission" id="mwA6Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Manumission">freed</a> after his death?