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See also: Other African Americans -- who were in the area during this period, and later, but for which we don't have the records.


Name First Name Last Name Birth Death First Rec Last Rec Enslaved? Enslaver(s) Location(s) Entries ID
Aaron Scott Aaron Scott 1720 1811 unknown Deerfield, MA   Greenfield, MA   56 833
Abijah Prince Abijah Prince 1706 1794 1742 1784 enslaved, then free Deerfield, MA   Guilford, VT   691 7
Abijah Prince, Jr. Abijah Prince 1769 1793 1769 1769 always free Deerfield, MA   Guilford, VT   2 373
Abner Prutt Abner Prutt 1729 1729 unknown Chauncey, Isaac; Hadley, MA   24 629
Adam Adam 1734 1743 enslaved Wells, Thomas; Deerfield, MA   5 11
Amelina Amelina 1791 1803 always free Deerfield, MA   1 846
Amos Amos enslaved Childs, Timothy Jr.; Deerfield, MA   1 834
Arthur Prutt Arthur Prutt enslaved Chauncey, Isaac; Hadley, MA   0 624
Benjamin Paine Benjamin Paine 1792 1792 1792 1792 always free Deerfield, MA   2 610
Blossom Blossom 1737 enslaved Williams, Israel; Hatfield, MA   2 838
Bob Negro Bob 1793 enslaved Deerfield, MA   25 827
Caesar Caesar 1734 enslaved Wells, Ebenezer; Deerfield, MA   7 31
Caesar Caesar 1741 1760 enslaved Hoyt, Jonathan; Deerfield, MA   33 34
Caesar Caesar 1750 1753 enslaved Hinsdale, Ebenezer; Deerfield, MA   5 35
Caesar Caesar 1753 1753 enslaved Childs, Samuel Jr.; Deerfield, MA   1 37
Caesar Caesar 1736 1755 enslaved Childs, Timothy; Wells, Jonathan; Wells, Mary Hoyt; Deerfield, MA   Turners Falls, MA   14 370
Caesar Bailey Caesar Bailey 1749 1771 1781 enslaved, then free Dickinson, Nathaniel; Dickinson, Samuel; Deerfield, MA   30 831
Caesar Billings Caesar Billings 1757 1757 enslaved Billings, Joseph; Hatfield, MA   15 44
Caesar Prince Caesar prince 1757 1836 1757 1836 always free Deerfield, MA   Guilford, VT   2 621
Calab Sharp Calab Sharp 1729 1799 1746 1799 enslaved, then free Dickinson, Samuel; Partridge, Oliver; Williams, William; Conway, MA   203 21
Cato Cato enslaved Dickinson, Samuel Jr.; Deerfield, MA   1 295
Cato Cole Cato Cole 1739 1825 1738 1825 enslaved, then free Ashley, Elihu; Ashley, Jonathan; Deerfield, MA   197 403
Cato Pompey Cato Pompey 1765 1775 1781 unknown Deerfield, MA   6 344
Charles Green Charles Green 1791 1864 1791 1864 always free Colrain, MA   1 507
Charles Paine, Sr. Charles Paine 1755 1839 1777 1839 enslaved, then free Daniels, Seth; Harper, Joshua; Deerfield, MA   18 205
Chloe Chloe 1779 1883 enslaved Sheldon, John Jr.; Deerfield, MA   11 372
Chloe Spencer Freeman Chloe Spencer Freeman 1794 1794 enslaved, then free Silliman, Abigail; Deerfield, MA   4 47
Chloes Boy Chloes Boy 1787 1787 unknown Silliman, Abigail; Deerfield, MA   1 301
Coffee Coffee 1762 1765 enslaved Williams, Elijah; Deerfield, MA   0 48
Darby Negro Darby 1768 1768 unknown Guilford, VT   1 49
Dinah Dinah 1801 unknown Greenfield, MA   1 51
Dinah Freedom Rowley Dinah Freedom Rowley 1794 1794 unknown Greenfield, MA   2 161
Drucilla Prince Drucilla Prince 1760 1854 1760 1854 always free Deerfield, MA   Guilford, VT   32 622
Duruxa Prince Duruxa Prince 1758 1826 1758 1758 always free Deerfield, MA   Guilford, VT   4 224
Eliphalet Eliphalet unknown Greenfield, MA   1 849
Esther Esther unknown Greenfield, MA   1 850
Esther Salisbury Garner Esther Salisbury Garner 1759 1829 unknown Deerfield, MA   0 158
Eunice Eunice 1787 1805 unknown Deerfield, MA   0 52
Ezekiel Gomer Ezekiel Gomer 1750 1783 1785 unknown Pittsfield, MA   Worthington, MA   82 53
Ezra Wood, Sr. Ezra Wood 1766 1802 1800 1800 unknown Deerfield, MA   10 159

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