Black Loyalist
This page links to transcripts and where possible actual digitized copies of sources that are featured on the site.
Featured Sources
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Birchtown Muster of Free Blacks
A collated series of records begun in July 1784 on the orders of the governor of Nova Scotia- John Parr.
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The Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes was a list compiled by commissioners
appointed by the British Commander in Chief, Sir Guy
Carleton, as the Loyalists were evacuating New York between
April and November 1783.
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The Washington - Carlton Correspondence
The correspondence between the two commanders in chief concerning the requirements of the Treaty of Paris with specific reference to American property.
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Treaty of Paris
In November 1782 a provisional peace treaty was hammered out between the British and the Americans in Paris.
Sources
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Birchtown Muster of Free Blacks
In Source Summary A collated series of records begun in July 1784 on the orders of the governor of Nova Scotia- John Parr. More information -
Expedition to Portsmouth 1779
In Source Summary Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. More information -
General Washington letter to Lund Washington 1781
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List of those wishing to go to Sierra Leone.
In Source Summary In 1791 the Commissioners appointed by the Sierra Leone Company headed by a syndicate of London evangelical abolitionists (which included William Wilberforce, Granville Sharp and John Clarkson) organised for a list to be drawn up of any African- Americans in Birchtown, Nova Scotia who wished to go to Sierra Leone to take part in their repatriation programme. More information -
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation Day / 11 / 1775
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Norfolk County Virginia Tithables, Volume 2, 1751 - 1765 1751
In Source Summary Volume two of the taxation records for Norfolk County Virginia. More information -
Norfolk County Virginia Tithables, Volume 3, 1766 - 1780 1766
In Source Summary Volume three of the taxation records for Norfolk County Virginia. More information -
Patriot claims for losses to the British 1785
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Robert Pleasants Letter To Gov. Patrick Henry 1777
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The Book of Negroes 1783
In Source Summary The Book of Negroes was a list compiled by commissioners appointed by the British Commander in Chief, Sir Guy Carleton, as the Loyalists were evacuating New York between April and November 1783. More information -
The Washington - Carlton Correspondence 1783
In Source Summary The correspondence between the two commanders in chief concerning the requirements of the Treaty of Paris with specific reference to American property. More information -
Treaty of Paris 11 / 1792
In Source Summary In November 1782 a provisional peace treaty was hammered out between the British and the Americans in Paris. More information
