Nova Scotia Archives
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Documenting the Heritage of African Nova Scotians
Governor's order for the removal of certain Black Refugees from Melville Island to Preston, from Henry H. Cogswell, Deputy Provincial Secretary, to Charles Morris, Surveyor General
Date: 18 March 1816
Reference: Commissioner of Public Records — Black Refugees series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 70