During the American Revolution over 3,000 persons of African descent were promised freedom by the British if they would desert their American rebel masters and serve the loyalist cause. Those who responded to this promise found refuge in New York. In 1783, after Britain lost the war, they were evacuated to Nova Scotia, where for a decade they were treated as cheap labor by the white loyalists. In 1792 they were finally offered a new home in West Africa; over 1,200 responded and became the founders of Freetown in Sierra Leone. This history follows ten of these freed slaves from their escape…mehr
During the American Revolution over 3,000 persons of African descent were promised freedom by the British if they would desert their American rebel masters and serve the loyalist cause. Those who responded to this promise found refuge in New York. In 1783, after Britain lost the war, they were evacuated to Nova Scotia, where for a decade they were treated as cheap labor by the white loyalists. In 1792 they were finally offered a new home in West Africa; over 1,200 responded and became the founders of Freetown in Sierra Leone. This history follows ten of these freed slaves from their escape from masters in Virginia and the Carolinas to their sojourn in wartime New York, their evacuation to Nova Scotia and finally their exodus to Freetown, where they struggled for another decade for not only freedom and dignity but the right to worship as they choose, make an honest living, and govern themselves.
Mary Louise Clifford became interested in the first settlers of Freetown while living in Hill Station while her husband served as UN economic advisor to the prime minister of Sierra Leone. She has also written works on Liberia, Afghanistan, Malaysia, and the Arabian Peninsula. She lives in Venice, Florida.
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Table of Contents Introduction Part I. The War for Independence 1. Mary Perth of Norfolk, Virginia 2. Moses Wilkinson of Nansemond County, Virginia 3. David George of Essex County, Virginia 4. Four Men from Charleston: Boston King, IsaacAnderson, Cato Perkins, and John Kizell 5. Thomas Peters of Wilmington, North Carolina 6. Refuge in British New York 7. Peace Treaty Terms 8. Evacuation from New York Part II. Nova Scotia 9. The Founding of Birchtown 10. Education Mattered 11. Black Preachers Offer Hope 12. Farms for White Loyalists 13. Thomas Peters in Annapolis County Part III. The Province of Freedom 14. Refuge in London 15. The Founding of Granville Town 16. Thomas Peters Travels to London 17. An Emissary from the Sierra Leone Company 18. Bonds Forged in Nova Scotia Congregations 19. Still Searching for Freedom and Security Part IV. Freetown 20. Plans to Govern Freetown 21. To the Cotton Tree 22. An Erratic Beginning 23. Continuing Confusion 24. Ill Will Between John Clarkson and Thomas Peters 25. Baptists and Methodists Follow Different Paths 26. The Calypso Passengers Interrupt 27. New Company Officials 28. Land Grants at Last 29. Angry Settlers Choose Emissaries to the Sierra Leone Company Directors 30. Two Governors: Richard Dawes and Zachary Macaulay 31. A Chosen People 32. The Outside World Intrudes 33. Mary Perth as Housekeeper 34. Quarrels Over Religion 35. Growing Prosperity 36. Insurrection and Defeat 37. Transition 38. The Crown Replaces the Sierra Leone Company 39. Farewell, Cotton Tree Epilogue Appendix: Roster of Prominent Emigrants to Freetown Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Introduction Part I. The War for Independence 1. Mary Perth of Norfolk, Virginia 2. Moses Wilkinson of Nansemond County, Virginia 3. David George of Essex County, Virginia 4. Four Men from Charleston: Boston King, IsaacAnderson, Cato Perkins, and John Kizell 5. Thomas Peters of Wilmington, North Carolina 6. Refuge in British New York 7. Peace Treaty Terms 8. Evacuation from New York Part II. Nova Scotia 9. The Founding of Birchtown 10. Education Mattered 11. Black Preachers Offer Hope 12. Farms for White Loyalists 13. Thomas Peters in Annapolis County Part III. The Province of Freedom 14. Refuge in London 15. The Founding of Granville Town 16. Thomas Peters Travels to London 17. An Emissary from the Sierra Leone Company 18. Bonds Forged in Nova Scotia Congregations 19. Still Searching for Freedom and Security Part IV. Freetown 20. Plans to Govern Freetown 21. To the Cotton Tree 22. An Erratic Beginning 23. Continuing Confusion 24. Ill Will Between John Clarkson and Thomas Peters 25. Baptists and Methodists Follow Different Paths 26. The Calypso Passengers Interrupt 27. New Company Officials 28. Land Grants at Last 29. Angry Settlers Choose Emissaries to the Sierra Leone Company Directors 30. Two Governors: Richard Dawes and Zachary Macaulay 31. A Chosen People 32. The Outside World Intrudes 33. Mary Perth as Housekeeper 34. Quarrels Over Religion 35. Growing Prosperity 36. Insurrection and Defeat 37. Transition 38. The Crown Replaces the Sierra Leone Company 39. Farewell, Cotton Tree Epilogue Appendix: Roster of Prominent Emigrants to Freetown Notes Bibliography Index
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