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As early as the 1600s, slavery was woven into the social, economic and political life of the rural town of Deerfield, Massachusetts. Enslaved people's presence would steadily increase over time. By the mid-18th-century, over a third of the households on Deerfield’s mile-long village street included at least one enslaved person. These men, women, and children were, in the words of the town’s minister, “at the dispose & command of others.” Each participated in the economic, political and social webs that defined the character of the community.
Download and print a walking tour map of African American Historic Sites in Deerfield. This is a PDF file that has two parts:
— a map with information about each site (2.8 MB file)
— a set of several short essays (2.9 MB file) that tell more about slavery in Deerfield.
Enslaved Deerfielders lived in households up and down the mile-long village street through the 18th century. Choose a decade to see who they were and where they lived.