The Database for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in Wells, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel

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Enslaver: Pelatiah Littlefield

Status (enslaved, free or both): enslaved

Town: Wells

Known dates:

An unknown man was purchased in Boston and enslaved by "the first" Pelatiah Littlefield.

"The first Pelatiah Littlefield bought one [enslaved person] in Boston, paying for him eighty pounds." - Bourne, p. 408

Bibliography:

The History of Wells and Kennebunk from the Earliest Settlement to the Year 1820 - by Edward Bourne (1875)

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