Nova Scotia Archives
African Nova Scotian Diaspora
A list of Black Refugees received into the Poor House at Halifax from the Military Hospital and Melville Island
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Sept 29
Requisition for rations for Black Refugees in the Poor House
Order for Rations issued
Sept 25th wk to
Dec 24th 1816
Date: 24 September 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records collection Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 66