Cesar Chelor Explained

Cesar Chelor (born in Wrentham, Massachusetts)^{[1] [2]} was an African-American woodworker, toolmaker, plane-maker and was enslaved by the colonial entrepreneur and the earliest documented American plane maker^[3] Francis Nicholson (1683-1753).^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} Chelor is the earliest documented African-American plane maker in North America.^{[8] [9] [10]}

Background

Chelor's exact birthdate is unknown; however, he is thought to have been born in about 1720.^[11] He was owned by Nicholson as early as 1736. In 1741, Chelor was admitted to the Congregational Church in Wrentham Center when he was supposedly 21. Chelor would become a freeman when Nicholson died in 1753.^{[12] [13]} Along with freedom, Nicholson willed Chelor a workshop, 10 acres of land, tools and materials to continue independently. Chelor was married to Juda Russell in 1758, with whom he had shared eight children. In 1784, Chelor died without a will with an estate inventory valued at 77 pounds 2 shillings.^{[14] [15]}

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Notes and References

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