Nova Scotia Archives
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Documenting the Heritage of African Nova Scotians
Bill of sale for an enslaved woman named ‘Dinah’, Halifax
Reverend John Breynton of St Paul's Anglican Church, Halifax, sold an enslaved woman, 'Dinah', to Peter Shey of Falmouth.
Date: 19 November 1776
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives MG 100 volume 113 number 51