Carl Robinson was born in 1824 in New Orleans as a slave. In 1859, Carl's master, Seth Hobart, took his daughter out to the field's, pregnant, she had apparently claimed she had been raped by one of the slaves. She randomly pointed out Carl as the guilty party. Hobart shot Carl to death immediately. Carl revived shortly as an Immortal. Terrified and confused, he ran away not knowing what happened to him. He was quickly recaptured by Slave Catchers, but along the road, Matthew McCormick stopped the trio and bought Carl. Matthew raised his sword, terrifying Carl, but to his surprise, cut his chains and freed him. McCormick, saw only a fellow immortal, not a slave, and he took Carl as his student. They later also became friends.