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Negro Man

first name
last name
gender: male
birth, death year: -- , --
first, last year in records: --, --
confidence level: only enslaver known
freed status (year freed): enslaved
enslaver(s): Williams, Elijah;
location(s): Deerfield, MA
place of origin

Bio

In 1766, Elijah Williams of Deerfield, Massachusetts had Onesimus baptized. A 1765 entry in Salah Barnard's account book and daybook shows that Elijah rented a horse from Barnard for "yr Negro man". This might refer to Onesimus.