print email comment close Black Loyalists: Our History, Our People URL: http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/ic/can_digital_collections/blackloyalists/ Description: Describes "how Canada became the home of the first settlements of free blacks outside Africa." Features biographies of prominent Black Loyalists, descriptions and maps of Black Loyalist communities, and original historical documents, including first-hand accounts of what life was like as a Black Loyalist in Nova Scotia. Discusses the service of Black Loyalists in the American Revolution, issues such as prejudice and religious faith, and their exodus from Nova Scotia. From Canada's Digital Collections. Publisher: Canada's Digital Collections Library of Congress Subject Headings: African American loyalists African Americans -- Colonization -- Nova Scotia African Americans -- History Nova Scotia -- History United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 LII Database Information: Record 933 created by Gillian Davis on 06/06/2001 Last modification on 11/10/2006 Published: 10/28/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/933