Remembering Black Loyalists

	1750-1775
	Slavery David George Slave Laws Prosperity Through Slavery Treaty of Paris 1763	British Colonies after 1763 View of Halifax c1759 St. Paul's Anglican Church, Halifax St. Matthew's Church, Halifax
	1775-1800
	Who were the Black Loyalists? Black Loyalist Communities in Nova Scotia A difficult life for Black Loyalists Finding a way Moving to Sierra Leone African Nova Scotian Settlement Mary Postell Samuel Dismal Dinah & Hannah Lining Hagar and Benjamin Gero Margaret and Stephen Blucke Thomas Richardson Jupiter & Venus Farmer Woodcutter Mulberry Plantation Survey of Birchtown Brownspriggs Land Grant Book of Negroes	Certificate of Freedom Publications by Religious Leaders American Revolutionary War Famine of 1787 Departure for Sierra Leone Bayonet Boarding Axe Silvered Button Cuff Link In-shave Jaw Harp Knee Buckle Pearlware Dishes Regimental Buttons Shoe Buckle Glass Tumbler Scissors Earthenware Cup
	1800-1900
	A Time for Survival The War of 1812 Gordon, American Slave Rose Fortune Estate of Thomas Richardson Plough Sickle Oxen Blacking Bottle	Plate Rims Pearlware Plates Black Basketry Tradition Runaway Slave Ad Black Family - Hammond's Plains Black Settlements after 1812 Halifax Market Black Workers in Halifax
	1900-2000
	The continuing struggle Recovering the History John Farmer Dismal/Desmond and Gero Descendants James Desmond Shelburne Church Group	Upper Big Tracadie Monument Monument at Birchtown Excavation at the Acker site Excavation at the pit house Basketry tradition continued Archaeological tools
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