Dorcas the blackmore (ca. 1620-?)

The brief entry for “Dorcas the blackmore” that appears in the Records of the First Church at Dorchester in New England, 1636-1734 suggests that Dorcas may have been one of the first enslaved persons to be freed in British North America. On April 13, 1641, … Continue reading Dorcas the blackmore (ca. 1620-?)