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american revolutionary war
thousands of free and enslaved black people fought with the British. they were called the black loyalists. -
indentured servants.
in 1783, from April to November, 81 ships departed from New York headed for nova Scotia . some black people were indentured servants who were going to work for white loyalists -
brigadier general Samuel birch.
it was founded in 1783 and named after brigadier general Samuel birch who helped to lead the evacuation of black loyalists from New York -
Shelburne race riots
in 1784 tensions were at an all-time high between white residents of Shelburne and black of Birchtown. with few possessions and no land, many black people were forced to work for whites, basically selling themselves back into enslavement to feed themselves and there family's witch was not much diffrent from why they had fled america. -
minister David George's
on July 26th 1784, a group of white loyalists destroyed baptist Minister David George's home in shelburne. -
black loyalists frustrated with there situation
in 1792, around 1,200 black loyalists, frustrated with there situation in towns like Birchtown, Annapolis royal, Halifax and Shelborne departed for sierra Leone, west Africa. the maroons from Jamaica eventually joined the loyalists in sierra Leone . Freetown, sierra Leone was established in 1796.