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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
Negro Boy 1749 1750 only enslaver known enslaved Dickinson, Samuel; Deerfield, MA   2 89
Negro Girl 1757 1757 only enslaver known enslaved Williams, Thomas; Deerfield, MA   1 94
Negro Man only enslaver known enslaved Williams, Elijah; Deerfield, MA   0 333
Negro Woman 1778 1808 indeterminate unknown Greenfield, MA   0 191
Onesimus Onesimus 1766 1766 confirmed identity enslaved Williams, Elijah; Deerfield, MA   1 95
Parthena Parthena 1704 1704 1704 confirmed identity enslaved Williams, John; Deerfield, MA   1 96
Patience Patience 1782 1782 confirmed identity enslaved Silliman, Abigail; Deerfield, MA   1 97
Paul Goff Paul Goff 1796 confirmed identity unknown Deerfield, MA   Heath, MA   0 487
Peter Peter 1754 1754 indeterminate enslaved Dickinson, Samuel; Deerfield, MA   1 98
Peter Peter 1738 1784 indeterminate unknown Deerfield, MA   10 99
Peter Peter 1709 1734 1750 confirmed identity enslaved Dickinson, Thomas; Wells, Thomas; Deerfield, MA   6 100
Peter Green, Jr. Peter Green 1787 1866 1787 1866 confirmed identity unknown Bernardston, MA   Colrain, MA   1 503
Peter Green, Sr. Peter Green 1757 1836 1750 1836 confirmed identity enslaved, then free Colrain, MA   1 502
Peter Ladieu Peter Ladieu 1755 1757 confirmed identity unknown Deerfield, MA   3 215
Peter Wells Peter Wells 1732 1829 1829 1832 confirmed identity enslaved, then free Bartlett, Moses; Ashfield, MA   3 277
Phillis Phillis 1732 1732 confirmed identity enslaved Childs, Timothy; Deerfield, MA   1 807
Phillis Fenimore Phillis Fenimore 1774 confirmed identity enslaved, then free Newton, Roger; Greenfield, MA   Shutesbury, MA   1 442
Phillis Negro Phillis 1784 1784 confirmed identity unknown Barnard, Samuel; Deerfield, MA   2 104
Pompey Pompey 1740 1750 confirmed identity enslaved Barnard, Samuel; Deerfield, MA   68 106
Pompey Pompey 1735 1735 confirmed identity enslaved Wells, Jonathan; Deerfield, MA   1 107
Pompey Pompey 1741 1741 confirmed identity enslaved Sheldon, Ebenezer; Deerfield, MA   1 108
Primus Primus indeterminate unknown Deerfield, MA   0 617
Prince Prince 1741 1783 1750 confirmed identity enslaved Williams, Israel; Williams, Ephraim Jr.; Hatfield, MA   2 112
Prince Prince 1752 1741 1741 confirmed identity enslaved Barnard, Joseph; Wells, Thomas; Deerfield, MA   1 113
Prince Manuel Prince Manuel 1785 1835 1813 1832 confirmed identity unknown Deerfield, MA   7 142
Rachel Hayden Paine Rachel Hayden Paine 1768 1938 1838 1838 confirmed identity unknown Deerfield, MA   1 201
Ralph Way, Jr. Ralph Way 1740 confirmed identity unknown Hadley, MA   Shelburne, MA   77 762
Ralph Way, Sr. Ralph Way 1700 1778 1816 1816 confirmed identity enslaved, then free Porter, Samuel; Amherst, MA   Hadley, MA   1 272
Rebecca Rebecca 1736 1736 indeterminate enslaved Deerfield, MA   1 114
Robert Tigo Robert Tigo 1695 1695 1695 confirmed identity enslaved Williams, John; Deerfield, MA   1 123
Romulus Fenimore, Jr. Romulus Fenimore 1787 1789 1789 1789 confirmed identity unknown Shelburne, MA   6 160
Romulus Fenimore, Sr. Romulus Fenimore 1736 1799 confirmed identity unknown Shelburne, MA   0 430
Rosanna Fenneman Rosanna Fenneman confirmed identity unknown Greenfield, MA   1 843
Rose confirmed identity unknown Deerfield, MA   0 357
Sally Wells Sally Wells 1784 1821 1821 confirmed identity unknown Ashfield, MA   1 774
Samson Johnson Samson Johnson 1765 1815 confirmed identity unknown Conway, MA   Whately, MA   0 874
Samuel Peaton Samuel Peaton confirmed identity unknown Deerfield, MA   0 214
Sarah Sarah 1754 1794 1794 1794 confirmed identity unknown Deerfield, MA   1 118
Servant Negro 1748 1748 only enslaver known unknown Hinsdale, Samuel; Deerfield, MA   1 120
Simon Simon 1808 1812 confirmed identity enslaved Deerfield, MA   5 257

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