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

In the Nova Scotia Gazette and The Weekly Chronicle, (Volume III, Number 105, page 3, column 3, second section) John Rock of Halifax advertised offering a two-dollar reward for the apprehension of 'Thursday', an enslaved girl. She was later recaptured and Rock ordered Thursday sold in his 1776 will. She was valuated at £25 and sold to John Bishop for £20.

Date: 01 September 1772

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Nova Scotia Gazette and The Weekly Chronicle Volume III, Number 105, Halifax, 01 September 1772