Samuel Dickinson, Jr. (1736-1780) served in the French and Indian War (1754-1763). He never married. Until 1776, he and his brother Nathaniel shared a farm in Deerfield, Massachusetts. The farm was confiscated that year and auctioned in 1781, because Nathaniel was a violent, outspoken Tory. As a result, his enslaved man, Caesar Bailey, became Samuel's property. The Dickinson brothers shared Cato (also known as Dick Cato,) and Caesar's wife Hagar. Caesar Bailey served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution; it is not clear if or when Bailey and his wife were emancipated before slavery ended in Massachusetts.
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