Dorcas the blackmore (ca. 1620-?)

Settled Areas in New England in 1640 around the time Dorcas joined First Church at Dorchester

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-?)