Dickinson, Samuel Jr.

title
first name
Samuel Jr.
last name
Dickinson
gender
male
birth, death year
1736, 1780
role
enslaver
race
white
location(s)
Deerfield, MA  

Bio

Samuel, Jr. 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 sold 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,) Caesar's wife Hagar, and possibly a girl.

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