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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Documenting the Heritage of African Nova Scotians

Reports of Black people drawing rations at Preston, 1815. (Weekly reports)
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Report Continued
[Column One]
Names Men Women Children
Brought Forward 66 62 94
Winston [Sharkes?] 1
Isaiah Butler 1 1 1
Jacob [Silence?] 1 1 1
John [Staton?] 1
Geo Gibson 1
Ralph Toliver 1 1 3
Plesent Hardin 1
John Gardner 1 3 3
Thomas Getting 1
Robart [Coopert?] 1 1 6
Bray Cooper 1 1 6
Marada Stnly 1 1 3
General Taylor 1 1 5
Nim Carter 1 1 3
Nelus Alexander 1
Samuel Luke 1 1
Lewis Caste 1 1
Jerry Patterson 1 1 1
Maith Johnson 1 1 1
Charles Getting 1 1 3
Perimus Jackson 1 1 1
Henry Luarey 1 2 2


Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 72

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