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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
Festus Prince, Sr. Festus Prince 1763 1820 1763 1770 always free Deerfield, MA   Guilford, VT   Stockbridge, MA   3 222
Fortune Fortune 1737 1737 enslaved Dickinson, Samuel; Deerfield, MA   1 54
Frances Freeman Frances Freeman 1793 1793 unknown Deerfield, MA   12 828
Frank Frank 1704 1704 1704 enslaved Williams, John; Deerfield, MA   1 55
Frederick Freeman Frederick Freeman 1803 1803 unknown Deerfield, MA   1 164
Hagar Bailey Hagar Bailey 1754 1778 1778 enslaved, then free Dickinson, Samuel; Dickinson, Nathaniel; Deerfield, MA   Pittsfield, MA   3 59
Hannah Hannah unknown Deerfield, MA   0 145
Hartford Hartford 1735 1761 1764 enslaved Dickinson, Thomas; Deerfield, MA   23 60
Heber Honestman Heber Honestman 1690 1768 1748 1768 enslaved, then free Pratt, William; Ashfield, MA   Easton, MA   27 61
Humphry Humphry 1767 1742 1766 enslaved Childs, Timothy; Deerfield, MA   34 62
Ishmael Ishmael 1753 1757 enslaved Dickinson, Thomas; Deerfield, MA   29 63
Ishmael Ishmael 1749 1751 enslaved Hinsdale, Samuel; Deerfield, MA   1 837
Ishmael Prutt Ishmael Prutt 1726 1726 unknown Hadley, MA   86 627
Ishmael Turner Ishmael Turner 1776 1776 enslaved, then free Field, Seth; Conway, MA   Northfield, MA   2 133
J. Romanoo J. Romanoo 1739 1755 enslaved Charles, John Jr.; Williams, Ephraim; Hatfield, MA   2 679
James James 1817 unknown Conway, MA   0 795
Jin Cole Jin Cole 1723 1808 1808 enslaved, then free Ashley, Elihu; Ashley, Jonathan; Deerfield, MA   17 402
Jockton Jockton enslaved Hinsdale, Ebenezer; Silliman, Abigail; Deerfield, MA   Hinsdale, NH   0 520
Joel Joel 1808 1808 unknown Deerfield, MA   3 176
John Freeman John Freeman 1788 1824 unknown Deerfield, MA   6 456
John Rowley John Rowley 1788 1818 1794 1800 unknown Deerfield, MA   Greenfield, MA   2 248
Jonathan Scott Jonathan Scott 1761 1834 unknown Deerfield, MA   Greenfield, MA   0 845
Joseph Salisbury Joseph Salisbury 1805 1805 unknown Deerfield, MA   12 251
Joseph Wright Joseph Wright unknown Deerfield, MA   11 836
Joshua Boston Joshua Boston 1740 1819 enslaved, then free Porter, Eleazer; Hadley, MA   109 393
Juda Paine Goff Juda Paine Goff 1796 1796 unknown Deerfield, MA   Heath, MA   1 207
Kate Kate 1726 1734 enslaved Kent, Samuel, Jr.; Williams, Israel; Hatfield, MA   0 782
Kedar Kedar 1729 enslaved Williams, John; Deerfield, MA   0 803
Lemuel Lemuel 1786 1786 enslaved Silliman, Abigail; Deerfield, MA   1 68
Levi Prutt Levi Prutt 1757 1825 1775 1775 unknown Hadley, MA   Northfield, MA   6 351
Lewis Lewis unknown Deerfield, MA   1 179
Lucy Terry Prince Lucy Terry Prince 1723 1821 1734 1756 enslaved, then free Wells, Ebenezer; Deerfield, MA   Guilford, VT   26 69
Lundun Lundun 1696 1710 enslaved Sheldon, John; Deerfield, MA   0 804
Mahala Paine Manuel Mahala Paine Manuel 1793 1833 1793 1813 always free Deerfield, MA   2 209
Melita Paine Newport Melita Paine Newport 1786 1868 1771 1866 unknown Amherst, MA   Deerfield, MA   Whately, MA   4 210
Mesheck Mesheck 1747 1747 enslaved Hinsdale, Ebenezer; Silliman, Abigail; Williams, John; Deerfield, MA   Hinsdale, NH   2 74
Mingo Proctor Mingo Proctor unknown Colrain, MA   Greenfield, MA   0 839
Negro 1771 1771 enslaved Kellogg, Stephen; Deerfield, MA   1 83
Negro 1749 1749 enslaved Field, David; Deerfield, MA   2 85
Negro enslaved Barnard, Joseph; Deerfield, MA   0 331

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