This history of Deerfield, Massachusetts, was written circa 1840, by Pliny Arms (1778-1859). It contains an account of the town during and after the American Revolution. Deerfield was evenly divided between Whigs and Tories, which caused the actions of one town meeting to be overturned by the next. Arms also includes the story of some enslaved men in Deerfield who set out to have a frolic around the time of the Revolution and were severely punished. He states that slavery was abolished in Massachusetts with the adoption of the state constitution in 1780, but in reality, it was neer abolished, but gradually died out.
Arms, Pliny. Deerfield History. ca. 1840. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l12-004/. Accessed on December 22, 2024.
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