As the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution approaches, historians are looking deeper into the roots of the nation’s ...

The great majority were neutral or Loyalist. For black people, what mattered most was freedom. As the Revolutionary War spread through every region, those in bondage sided with whichever army ...

These black loyalists were rewarded with land in Nova Scotia, but the hostility of white loyalists and the harsh climate made them sign up for Sierra Leone too. They were followed by Maroons ...

These black loyalists were rewarded with land in Nova Scotia, but the hostility of white loyalists and the harsh climate made them sign up for Sierra Leone too. They were followed by Maroons ...

About one-fifth of the black American population at the time took advantage of the offer, writes Historia Canada. In the wake of Britain’s defeat in 1783, a stream of Loyalists arrived in ...

George, along with Boston King, was one of about 1,500 black Loyalists who escaped to Nova Scotia, joining 15,000 white Loyalists who had just arrived. The blacks thought they would have equal ...

African Nova Scotians/Indigenous Blacks are a distinct people who descend from free and enslaved Black Planters, Black Loyalists, Black Refugees, Maroons, and other Black people who inhabited the ...

The great majority were neutral or Loyalist. For black people, what mattered most was freedom. As the Revolutionary War spread through every region, those in bondage sided with whichever army ...