slave

first name
last name
gender
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)
Deerfield, MA  
place of origin

Bio

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

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