Samuel Childs (1712-1786) was a soldier and tailor who lived in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Four of the six children born to him and his wife Sarah lived to adulthood. From 1747-1748, during King George's War (1744-1748), Childs was in command of Fort Pelham in present-day Rowe, Massachusetts.
Childs enslaved a man named Caesar who fought in the French and Indian War (1754-1763.) Childs also rented the services of Titus, enslaved by Daniel Arms of Deerfield, and another man called Titus who was enslaved by Deerfield's minister, the Reverend Jonathan Ashley. In 1744, Childs cut out a coat and breeches for Prince, enslaved by Joseph Barnard, also of Deerfield.
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