Cuff Trott

Cuff Trot was born into slavery around 1746, probably in/around Dorchester, MA. He was brought to Burlington, MA in 1751 when his enslaver, Abigail Wiswell, married Rev. Thomas Jones and moved there.

Cuff was a veteran of the American Revolution, and likely the Seven Years War as well. It is recorded that he helped John Hancock and Samuel Adams evade the King’s soldiers on April 19, 1775.

He was freed in the early 1780s, but chose to stay with Mrs. Jones for the rest of his life. When Cuff died the town Selectmen erected a gravestone for him in the Second Parish Burial Ground.

Burlington Retro has a great write up about Cuff Trot here: https://burlingtonretro.com/slavery-did-exist-in-burlington/