Black Canadian

By Kk21

  • Enslaved People in New France

    1.443 people from African origin were enslaved in New France

  • local records

    there had been a cumulative total of 4,092 enslaved people in New France including 1,443 of African origin

  • ships in nova scotia

    From April to November, 81 ships departed from New York headed for Nova Scotia.

  • loyalists destroyed Baptist minister David George's home

    the mob tore down the houses of about twenty other black families who where free and living on George's property.

  • people sailing away for freedom

    almost 1,200 black loyalists sailed from Halifax to find the new settlement of freedom

  • upper Canada became the only colony to begin passing laws

    enslavement

  • loyalists

    The maroons from Jamaica eventually joined the loyalists in sierra Leone.

  • when maroons left for sierra Leone

    The black loyalists settlers went against their British governors

  • the war

    black militiamen fought against American troops in the war.

  • slaves from the united states

    eventually, these fugitives from American slavery crossed into British north America in increasing numbers.

  • school houses

    they built a two-room school houses