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African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition

"Return of black people at Halifax arrived from the Chesapeake"
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List of Names of the Black Men, Women and Children from the Chesapeake in Halifax
Men
without families
Women
without families
Boys & Girls
from 1 to 13
years old
not living with
their families
Men
Continued

without families
Families
Charles Lovett
William Boadly
John Sherbert
Roger Cormack
Landrew Lamb
Frances Shepherd
William Patterson
James Sutton
John Parker
Henry Willson
Solomon Bushingpin
William Bushingpin
William Williams
Benjamen Salmon
Jacob Goring
Moses Cocks
Edward Edwards
Jonah Stephens
Dennis McCruther
Pompy Cooper
John Woodhouse
Henry Woodhouse
Paul Woodhouse
Edward Cooper
Ago Shepherd
Abraham Hallyard
James Jonson
Nathan Jones
Joseph Keyes
Moses Smith
Lenard Smith
George Wilkins
Randel Raslet
Simon Brags
Henry Jonson
Caleb Keil
Perry Donig
John Mildway
John Carter
William Williams
Scipeo Cooper
Jesse Clark
Richard Parron
Major Richardson
Samuel Warren
George Willson
Adam Worth
William Lord
William Parker
Jacob Parker
Benjamen Keils
General Taylor
George Nichols
George Brown
James Coarsey
William Ruffe
Nielson Winder
Roger Kain
William Rogerson
Jacob Gorden
Edmond Tuckle
Lawrence Hughs
Abraham Green
Henry Maker
John Green
William Jones
Edward Baker
Charles Stewart
Nielson Brown
Henry Weeks
John Grant
Mary Ann Jackson
Mary Ann
Polly Weaver
Hannah Dickson
Polly Jones
Molly Roads
Molly Young
Nancy Young
Juddy Blair
Johana Blackwell
Susan John
Margaret Brooks
Viney Casket
Juddy
Ruthy King
Jetty Wakefield
Cloey Hagan
Susan Bailey
Betsey Chanahan
Eliza Harwood
Lucy Rolley
Sally Stratton
Matilda Smith
Betsey Compton
Ann Perry
Catherine Brush
Harriett Bowls
Eliza Weeks
Mary Gardner
Betsey Duke
Kitty Hawkins
Dina Saunders
Hannah Gardner
Wina Crawley
Ruth Travern
Rose Silands
Sally Hound
Eliza Campbell
Betsey White

39 Women
Mary Young
Henry Young
Henry Smith
Joseph
John Lee
John Bush
William
George Blackwell
Gerrard Munow
Benson Smothers
Anna Smothers
James Richards
Eliza Holmes
Nathan Ford
Thomas Ashley
Gabriel Hall
Linley Harris
David Jackson
Jacob Randall
Rose Parker
Thomas Brooks
John Lewis
Joseph Carey
John Christian
Spencer
Young Brown
Stephen Bailey
Bistow Merrick
Joseph Washington
Charles Lee
John Sewell
George Isles
Daniel Arskin
Amey Aarskins
Augustus Deeke
Mary Mears
Charles Stewart
Guy Warren
Matilda
Jacob
Elizabeth
Ellen Jones
Thomas Lane
Francis Russ
William Mingo

45 —
James Simson
Davy Barns
William Myers
John Sutton
George Nottingham
Henry Lovett
Isaac Killam
Samuel Lane
Abraham Dorsett
John Stratton
Joseph Hall
Peter Hazard
George Brown
Moses Seymor
David Neilson
Stephen Campbell
Anthony Bishop
Eddy Layton
Neilson Cooper
Benjamen Cooper
Samuel Burgh
Henry Maby
Lewis Cormack
Robert Angus
William Robinson
Gabriel Jones
Joshua Lord
Thomas Saunders
John Thomas
Holden Grace
Abraham Green
Harry Hoper
Robert Stayton
James Thomas
James Martin
Jacob Robbins
Samuel Bailey
Stepheny Elias
Thomas Anderson
Caleb Stratton
Robert Comma
Daniel Tennis
Thomas Warner
Thomas Bailey
Richard Lee
Samuel Galaway
Robert Flood
Lenard Brown
Moses Topwell
Benjamen Manson
Peter Pollin
Solomon Cocks
Stephen Bailey
Henry Baker
Prince Williams
Bright Brown
Caleb Blair
Paul Jonson
Joseph Lee
Samuel Robinson

131 Men
Moses Williams his wifeBetsey & his childrenWilliam
Mary
Lucy
Louisa
Joseph JonsonCharlotte
Henry StephensHester Caroline
Mary
Rosey
George WinderLeaha Greace
Thomas JonsonFane
Ager HainsBetsey
John FortunatisLavina Fanny
John GuyHesterHillary
James JonesBetsey Felicity
Noah LeechLettySamuel
George
Thomas BaileyJohn
Elly
Minta BerrySamuel
Perry BrownMary Ann William
Emery
Susan
Thomas JordanPolly
John BrownLouisa
Tobey OakPolly
Charles TallowayMargaret
Traverse HenrySusan
Emeley ChusimanRichard
Joseph MooreMary Camilla
John WilliamsHannah Courtney
Susan WaddyEliza
Henry GocePolly her SistersSally
Prissey
William WilliamsHannah
Henry ClarkEliza
Jeremiah FloydMatilda
William WilliamsNancy
Luke SutheranMarya
William LandellBetsey
Solomon JonesMary
Nancy LovettCharles
Samuel BiddellLovey William
James WoodhouseMary James
Daniel ThomasEliza
Betsey BrooksMinta
Anny
Perry BarryAnna William
Susan
Nancy
Pompy CooperBetsey
Henry Wood HouseFanny Thomas
Edward CooperHannah Nancy, Guina
Moses WillsonBetsey Her sisters
and sister
Louisa
Mary Ann
Lucy
Joseph Taylor andTuddy
James BrownCharlott John
Walter CollinsGracey
Luke BowersHarriett Mary Ann
William MaidsCharity
Isaac KellingLillisWilliam
Rodey KallahanJohn
Lucinda RollingAmey
James BrownPerry
Jane
Edward EagleNancyAlfred
Thomas CarterMaryAmy
William
William HarmonySarah
Emeley SmallwoodNancy
Peggy DillPeggy
Nathan CooperHannahCrina
Nancy
Hannah BrightCharles
Betsey Cooper Hannah
James CooperSallyJohn

40 Men — 5 women

39 women

41 children


Return includes 375 names of refugees who arrived in the autumn of 1815. 39 women and 131 men came without families, as did 45 children between the ages of eight and thirteen. The remaining 160 came as families.

The total of 336 which appears on the document is wrong, since it omits the 39 women listed as coming on their own.

Date: [1815]

Reference: Commissioner of Public Records  Nova Scotia Archives  RG 1 volume 305 number 7 (microfilm 15387)

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