Slavery in the Connecticut Valley of Massachusetts

Slavery in the Connecticut Valley of Massachusetts / Robert H. Romer.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Romer, Robert H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Florence, Mass. : Printed and published by Levellers Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Slavery > Massachusetts > Deerfield > History.
Slavery > Connecticut River Valley > History.
Slaveholders > Massachusetts > Deerfield.
Deerfield (Mass.) > History > 18th century.
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • Enslaving Indians
  • Massachusetts Slavery in the 1700s
  • Early days in the Connecticut Valley
  • "Was it really slavery?"
  • Slavery in Deerfield, 1752
  • Introduction
  • Titus and Matthew (Daniel Arms)
  • Peter, Phebe, and Caesar (Samuel Dickinson, Sr.)
  • Caesar (Samuel Childs)
  • Lucy Terry and Caesar (Ebenezer Wells)
  • Prince (Joseph Barnard)
  • "Negro female" (David Field)
  • Caesar and Mesheck (Ebenezer Hinsdale)
  • Ishmael (Samuel Hindsdell)
  • Jenny, Cato and Titus (Jonathan Ashley)
  • Caesar (Jonathan Hoyt)
  • 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.)
  • Conclusion
  • Addendum - Deerfield, before and after 1752
  • Other towns in the valley
  • Introduction
  • Springfield
  • Suffield
  • Longmeadow
  • Wilbraham
  • Palmer
  • Westfield
  • Northhampton
  • Hatfield
  • Hadley
  • Amherst
  • Greenfield
  • Sunderland
  • Northfield
  • Conclusion
  • 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.

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