Nova Scotia Archives
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Documenting the Heritage of African Nova Scotians
Surveyor General's plan of lands laid out for the Black Refugees at Beech Hill (Beechville), by order of Sir John Coape Sherbrooke, Lieutenant Governor. Certified by Surveyor General
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Refugee Hill
Plan of Land
laid out for the
Blacks
by order of
Sir John C.
Sherbrooke
Date: June 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 28