Biographies of enslaved people mentioned in the Dartmouth & Slavery Project

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Ama

Ama, an enslaved person, was mentioned in Eleazar Wheelock's will

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Bill, or Billy, was enslaved by Eleazar Wheelock and put to work at a property in Connecticut

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Brister, an enslaved person, was purchased by Eleazar Wheelock in 1760

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Caesar, an enslaved person, resided in the Dartmouth College kitchen in 1773

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Chloe, an enslaved person, was sold to Eleazar Wheelock by Ann Morison in 1762

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Dinah, an enslaved person, was sold to Eleazar Wheelock in 1769 by his son-in-law, Alexander Phelps

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Elijah, an enslaved person, worked on Eleazar Wheelock's farm in Connecticut

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Exeter, an enslaved person, was sold to Eleazar Wheelock by Ann Morison in 1762

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Fortune, an enslaved person, was purchased by Eleazar Wheelock in 1743

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Hagar was enslaved by Eleazar Wheelock and three other men in Connecticut

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Hercules Lenson was enslaved by Eleazar Wheelock at the age of three and later gained his freedom

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An unnamed enslaved infant child, mentioned in Eleazar Wheelock's will

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Ishmael, an enslaved person, was purchased by Eleazar Wheelock in 1757

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Nando was enslaved by Eleazar Wheelock and three other men in Connecticut

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Peggy, an enslaved person, may have been Exeter and Chloe's daughter

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Selinda, an enslaved person, was mentioned in Eleazar Wheelock's will

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Sippy, an enslaved person, was sold and then repurchased by Eleazar Wheelock in the 1760s

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An unnamed enslaved girl was mentioned in a letter Eleazar Wheelock wrote in 1735