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Reports of Black people drawing rations at Preston, 1815. (Weekly reports)
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Reporte of People of Colour in Preston Continued

Names Men Women Children Names Men Women Children
Brot Forward 62 58 95 Brot forward 95 87 130
James Burton 1 - - Solomon Robertson 1 - -
Thomas Johnson 1 1 1 Charles Smothers 1 - -
Isaac James 1 1 - Rich[d] Smothers 1 1 8
John Elson 1 1 - John Collins. 1 1 1
Winslow Sharkes 1 - - William Williams 1 1 3
Isaiah Butter 1 1 1 Gabriel Johnson 1 1 -
Jacob Silence 1 1 1 William McNeath 1 1 2


Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 71

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