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slave

first name
last name
gender: unknown
birth, death year: -- , --
first, last year in records: 1764, 1764
confidence level: only enslaver known
freed status (year freed): enslaved
enslaver(s): Dickinson, Gideon;
location(s): Whately, MA
place of origin

Bio

J. H. Temple, the author of the History of the Town of Whately, Mass, claims that this person was one of only two enslaved people in the town. This unnamed person was enslaved by Gideon Dickinson.

Primary Source Entries for slave

Entry	Source	Vol Name	Date	entry id
• Slaves - Two of our citizens owned slaves at the time of their settlement in Whately: vi2, Gideon Dicknson and Richard Chauncey, - and so far as can be gathered from the census returns these are the only colored people enumerated in our population. Mr. C	Temple, J.H. History of Whately	1872	1764	1597