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Les Afro-Néo-Écossais à l'époque de l'esclavage et de l'abolition

Passeport permettant à Cato Ramsay d'émigrer en Nouvelle-Écosse
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This document demonstrates that black refugees behind British lines needed passports to escape from America after the War of Independence. Indeed, some without passports were returned to their place of origin, which meant a return to slavery. Also, it makes clear that Ramsay initiated his freedom by escaping to the British lines, which certainly put his life at risk.

date: 21 April 1783

numéro de référence: Gideon White family fonds  Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 948 number 196 (microfilm 14960)

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