Nova Scotia Archives
African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition
Letter From Michael Wallace concerning the number of black people interested in leaving for Sierra Leone
The government had not expected that so many free black people would be interested in removing to Sierra Leone. This letter underlines the government's lack of preparedness for the number interested in leaving the province.
Date: 17 December 1791
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 10 (microfilm 15460)