Hello,   Out of curiousity, I just went to see if there are specific Lists for discussing slaves and slave-owners.   As I suspected, there are at least 3:   http://bigfile.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/listsearch   Oh, I changed the search-term from .slave.  to .slaves.  and there are several more, including 2 for specific states, and one for Canada, and one for the Underground Railroad:   http://bigfile.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/listsearch   And, I just wanted to remind researchers that .slaves. were brought to the "New World"  back before 1600 to the "Caribbean."    And they were even in New England in 1700's.      I have the "History of Billerica, MA,"  and I'll see if I can find a reference to the town having some.       And, just an FYI, in reference to the 1500's/1600's,  I believe the entire .North America.  including the Caribbean,  was considered the "New World."   http://old.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence/main/PickandMix/03_TSTTimeline.doc   http://www.dur.ac.uk/4schools/Slavery2/Timeline.htm   (I find  "timelines" to be helpful when learning about a place in the world, or a piece of history.)   Betty               (near Lowell, MA)   (on Lists and Boards for 10 yrs.;   now an Admin for 9 Lists and 3 Boards)   (surname Lists include GAVIN and CORKILL)