Nova Scotia Archives
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Documenting the Heritage of African Nova Scotians
Appendix 20: Petition from Black settlers at Preston to the House of Assembly praying for a grant of the land they occupied by licence
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The Lieut. Governor desires that all the Black People who have got Tickets of Location in this Province for lands may immediately be confirmed in the same agreeable to the Directions of the Government
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 422 number 46