Bibliograph

Black Loyalists, southern settlers of Nova Scotia's first free black communities, Ruth Holmes Whitehead

Type

Label

Black Loyalists, southern settlers of Nova Scotia's first free black communities, Ruth Holmes Whitehead

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-229) and index

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collective biography

Illustrations

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Black Loyalists

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

823506283

Responsibility statement

Ruth Holmes Whitehead

Sub title

southern settlers of Nova Scotia's first free black communities

Summary

Black Loyalists is an attempt to present hard data about the lives of Black Loyalists before they escaped slavery in early South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and after they settled in Nova Scotia. This remarkable book brings back into our awareness the brave and enterprising men and women who survived the chaos of the American Revolution, people who found a way to liberty and human dignity. -- Book Jacket

Table Of Contents

The slave trade and the Province of Carolina -- Black life in eighteenth-century South Carolina and Georgia -- Profiles of seven Carolinian Black Loyalists -- Precursors to war and freedom -- War in South Carolina and Georgia, 1775-1780 -- War's end, 1781-1783 -- Leaving New York for Nova Scotia -- Life in Nova Scotia, 1783-1792 -- Contemporary Black Loyalist heritage initiatives

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