The beginnings and rise of slavery in Massachusetts - Early days in the Connecticut Valley.
The beginnings of slavery in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Body of Liberties and the legalization of slavery
Massachusetts Slavery in the 1700s
Early days in the Connecticut Valley
"Was it really slavery?".
Slavery in Deerfield, 1752.
Titus and Matthew (Daniel Arms)
Peter, Phebe, and Caesar (Samuel Dickinson, Sr.)
Lucy Terry and Caesar (Ebenezer Wells)
"Negro female" (David Field)
Caesar and Mesheck (Ebenezer Hinsdale)
Ishmael (Samuel Hindsdell)
Jenny, Cato and Titus (Jonathan Ashley)
Ishmael and Peter (Thomas Dickinson)
"Our poor negro girl" (Thomas Williams)
Onesimus and Kedar (Elijah Williams)
Humphrey and Phillis (Timothy Childs, Sr.)
Caesar (Timothy Childs, Jr.)
Addendum - Deerfield, before and after 1752
Other towns in the valley.
Why did they own slaves?.
18th-Century doubts, objections, and protests against slavery
The end of slavery in Massachusetts
The 1800s and beyond - deliberate amnesia
Why this book was written
Appendix I - Jonathan Ashley's 1750 Sermon to the Deerfield Slaves
Appendix II - Calendar problems - Julian and Gregorian, New Year's Day, Leap Years.