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

Levin Winder, among the first refugees who settled in Preston, asks the government for 150 acres of land. Winder's petition declares a common sentiment among the refugees: the land was poor and their farms too small.

Date: 13 March 1821

Reference: Nova Scotia Lands and Forests — Petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 series A volume 85