Caesar

first name
Caesar
last name
gender
male
birth, death year
-- , --
first, last year in records
1722, 1722
confidence level
only enslaver known
freed status (year freed)
enslaved
enslaver(s)
Field, Ebenezer;
location(s)
Northfield, MA  
place of origin

Bio

From the History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts: "'Caesar' the slave boy of Ensign Ebenezer Field is named in the records of 1722." 

Sources Consulted

 "Slavery in Massachusetts", Phineas Field, in History & Proceedings PVMA Assn., Vol 1, 1879, p. 483

History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts, J. H. Temple & George Sheldon, 1875, p.164

Primary Source Entries for Caesar

Entry Source Vol Name Date entry id
"Slave 'Ceasar' the slave boy of Ensign Field as named in the records of 1722." Temple, J. H. and George Sheldon. History of Northfield (Albany, 1875) 1722 1591

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