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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 Confidence Enslaved? Enslaver(s) Location(s) Entries ID
Abijah Prince Abijah Prince 1706 1794 1742 1784 confirmed identity enslaved, then free Deerfield, MA   Guilford, VT   540 7
Abijah Prince Jr. Abijah Jr. Prince 1769 1793 1769 1769 confirmed identity always free Deerfield, MA   2 373
Adam Adam 1734 1743 confirmed identity enslaved Wells, Thomas; Deerfield, MA   4 11
Amos Newport Amos Newport 1771 1859 1729 1729 confirmed identity enslaved, then free Amherst, MA   Deerfield, MA   Hatfield, MA   1 194
Amos Sr. Newport Amos Sr. Newport 1710 1806 1806 confirmed identity enslaved Billings, Joseph; Ingersoll, David; Hatfield, MA   1 193
Arandol Goff Arandol Goff 1808 1800 confirmed identity always free Deerfield, MA   0 488
Black 1748 1748 only enslaver known enslaved Dickinson, Nathaniel; Deerfield, MA   0 12
Bob Negro Bob 1793 confirmed identity enslaved Deerfield, MA   25 827
Caesar Caesar 1722 1722 only enslaver known enslaved Field, Ebenezer; Deerfield, MA   1 27
Caesar Caesar 1734 confirmed identity enslaved Wells, Ebenezer; Deerfield, MA   6 31
Caesar Caesar 1757 1757 confirmed identity enslaved Ashley, Jonathan Jr.; Deerfield, MA   1 33
Caesar Caesar 1741 1760 confirmed identity enslaved Hoyt, Jonathan; Deerfield, MA   29 34
Caesar Caesar 1750 1753 confirmed identity enslaved Hinsdale, Ebenezer; Deerfield, MA   5 35
Caesar Caesar 1753 1753 confirmed identity enslaved Childs, Samuel Jr.; Deerfield, MA   1 37
Caesar Caesar 1736 1755 confirmed identity enslaved Childs, Timothy; Wells, Mary Hoyt; Wells, Jonathan; Deerfield, MA   Turners Falls, MA   9 370
Caesar Bailey Caesar Bailey 1749 1771 1781 indeterminate enslaved, then free Dickinson, Nathaniel; Dickinson, Samuel; Deerfield, MA   14 831
Caesar Billings Caesar Billings 1757 1757 only enslaver known enslaved Billings; Deerfield, MA   8 44
Caesar Prince Caesar prince 1757 1836 1757 1836 confirmed identity always free Deerfield, MA   1 621
Caleb Sharp Caleb Sharp 1729 1799 1746 1799 confirmed identity enslaved, then free Dickinson, Samuel; Partridge, Oliver; Williams, William; Conway, MA   118 21
Caleb Sharp Jr Caleb, Jr Sharp 1752 1773 1776 confirmed identity always free Conway, MA   2 233
Calvin Salisbury Calvin Salisbury 1807 1843 1843 1843 confirmed identity always free Deerfield, MA   1 250
Cato Cato 1769 1769 confirmed identity enslaved Dickinson, Thomas; Deerfield, MA   1 26
Cato Boston Cato Boston 1775 1775 indeterminate unknown 1 293
Cato Cole Cato Cole 1739 1825 1738 1825 confirmed identity enslaved Ashley, Elihu; Ashley, Jonathan Jr.; Deerfield, MA   175 403
Cato Gray Cato Gray 1775 1779 indeterminate enslaved, then free Deerfield, MA   27 315
Cato Lewis Cato Lewis 1775 1775 indeterminate enslaved, then free Northampton, MA   1 327
Cato Pompey Cato Pompey 1765 1775 1781 indeterminate enslaved, then free Deerfield, MA   3 344
Ceasar Antina Ceasar Antina 1755 1755 indeterminate unknown 1 290
Cesar Cesar 1755 1755 confirmed identity enslaved Dickinson, Samuel; Deerfield, MA   4 152
Cesar Augustus Fenimore Cesar Augustus Fenimore 1800 1842 indeterminate always free Colrain, MA   0 443
Cesar Prince Cesar Prince 1757 1777 confirmed identity always free Deerfield, MA   2 223
Charles Charles 1805 1835 1839 1839 confirmed identity always free Deerfield, MA   1 153
Charles Sr. Paine Charles Sr. Paine 1755 1839 1777 1839 confirmed identity enslaved, then free Daniels, Seth; Harper, Joshua; Deerfield, MA   17 205
Child of Cesar Wood Child of Cesar Wood 1777 1777 1778 1831 indeterminate unknown Conway, MA   5 242
Cloe Cloe 1779 1883 confirmed identity enslaved Sheldon, John; Deerfield, MA   9 372
Cloes Boy Cloes Boy 1787 1787 confirmed identity enslaved, then free Silliman, Abigail; Deerfield, MA   1 301
Cloe Silliman Cloe 1794 1794 confirmed identity enslaved, then free Silliman, Abigail; Williams, John; Deerfield, MA   4 47
Coffee Coffee 1762 1765 confirmed identity enslaved Williams, Elijah; Deerfield, MA   2 48
Coffee Coffee 1732 confirmed identity enslaved Sheldon, John; Deerfield, MA   0 798
Cuffee Freeman Cuffee Freeman 1790 1790 confirmed identity always free South Hadley, MA   1 163

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