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| Old Main Street | Deerfield, MA 01342 |
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About: Like many New England towns and cities, where slavery was integral to the colonial economy, Deerfield was once a slave-owning community. 16 out of the 42 households along Deerfield's mile-long main street had enslaved Africans in the middle of the 18th century. Many others bartered with their neighbors for use of slave labor. Little is known about the lives of the more than 100 African Americans who lived and worked throughout Deerfield between 1695 and the 1780s. Who were they? What were their lives like? How can we find out more? How can we remember them?
To help answer these questions, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA) has constructed an interactive map that identifies sites where enslaved and free African Americans lived and worked in Deerfield. Visitors to PVMA’s website may utilize the map to explore and learn from these places and the stories they tell.
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Text courtesy Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association