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Gilroy, Marion

Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia / a list compiled by Marion Gilroy under the direction of D.C. Harvey, Archivist.  revised Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1980. 188 pages ; 23 cm.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F90 N85 AR2P no. 4 1980

Public Archives of Nova Scotia Publication No. 4. Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia. Revised edition, 1980, with index by Wm. G. Dodge-Murphy and Jessie M. (Rumley) Murphy with the support of the Genealogical Committee, Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society. Includes index.

Harvey, D.C. (Daniel Cobb), 1886-1966
Dodge-Murphy, William G.
Murphy, Jessie M.

Public Archives of Nova Scotia
Genealogical Committee. Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society

Land grants — Nova Scotia
United Empire loyalists — Nova Scotia
American loyalists — Nova Scotia

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Davidson, Stephen Eric, 1953-

Birchtown and the Black Loyalist experience : from 1775 to the present / by Stephen Davidson ; photography by Peter Zwicker.  Halifax : Formac Publishing Company Limited, 2019. 88 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 color map, color portraits, 1 color coat of arms ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B56 D38 2019 - Open Shelf

The experiences of Black Loyalist refugees escaping the American Revolution, based on artefacts and displays at the Birchtown Black Loyalist Centre in Nova Scotia. This book chronicles experiences of African Americans who were part of the influx of Loyalist refugees from the American Revolution. The Black Loyalists were both freed and enslaved Black Americans who had joined the British side. For their loyalty, they were evacuated by the British Navy to Nova Scotia, where they were to receive freedom, land, and provisions. The Black Loyalists landed at a settlement named Birchtown, adjoining the white Loyalist town of Shelburne. On arrival they found virtually no shelter. Many died and others only survived by digging small holes in the ground and fixing logs over top for makeshift huts. Food was extremely scarce. White Loyalists quickly received their land and provisions. It was years before the Black Loyalists received their land grants, and not everyone got a plot. The lands provided proved to be rocky and hard to cultivate. Ultimately many Black Loyalists chose to leave Nova Scotia to go to Sierra Leone, West Africa, founding a new settlement there. Others remained, and their descendants are found in communities across Nova Scotia and beyond. Through images, artifacts, and text, this book tells the story of Birchtown and its residents as well as the larger story of Black Loyalist history, reflecting the research and exhibits in the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre in Birchtown. Includes bibliographical references (page 86) and index.

Zwicker, Peter

Black people — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — History
Black people — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — Antiquities
African Americans — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — History
African Americans — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — Antiquities
African American loyalists — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — History
Birchtown (N.S.) — History
Birchtown (N.S.) — Antiquities

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Hill, Lawrence

The Book of Negroes / Lawrence Hill.  Illustrated edition Toronto : HarperCollins Canada, 2009. 544 pages.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8565 I444 B66 2009

Shenstone, Susan Burgess

So obstinately loyal : James Moody, 1744-1809 / Susan Burgess Shenstone.  Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. xiii, 340 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2321.1 M66 F54 2000 - Open Shelf

Public Archives of Nova Scotia

The Loyalist guide : Nova Scotian loyalists and their documents / compiled by Jean Peterson ; assisted by Lynn Murphy and Heather MacDonald.  Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1983. 272 pages ; 23 cm.

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Gilroy, Marion

Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia / a list compiled by Marion Gilroy under the direction of D.C. Harvey, Archivist.  Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1937. 154 pages ; 25 cm.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F90 N85 AR2P no. 4

Public Archives of Nova Scotia Publication No. 4. Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia.

Harvey, D.C. (Daniel Cobb), 1886-1966

Public Archives of Nova Scotia

Land grants — Nova Scotia
United Empire loyalists — Nova Scotia
American loyalists — Nova Scotia

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Vincent, G. R.

The civil sword : James Delaney's Westchester refugees / G.R. Vincent.  Duncan, B.C. : Cobequid Press, 1997. vii, 287 pages : maps ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E277.6 D3 V56

National Film Board of Canada

Loyalties / Director, Lesley Ann Patten ; producers, Kent Martin and Lesley Ann Patten.  Montreal, PQ. : National Film Board of Canada, 1999. 1 videodisc (57 minutes) : sound., colour ; 12 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E185.96 .L695 1999 - Video

This documentary is the story of two women whose meeting brought together two halves of a whole story: that of slave owner and slave. Dr. Ruth Whitehead and Carmelita Robertson embark on a journey to Charleston, South Carolina, in search of their connection, an undertaking that takes them to a modern South where the Klan is on trial for burning black churches. Beneath the dense foliage of the plantations, in the sweltering heat of white patronage and black forbearance, the two women come to terms with the thunderous cruelty of the past. On container: A film by Lesley Ann Patten. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Whitehead, Ruth Holmes
Robertson, Carmelita
Blacks — Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Blacks — Nova Scotia — History
Slaves — South Carolina — Social conditions
African American loyalists — Nova Scotia

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Smith, Clifford Neal

Whereabouts of some American refugees 1784-1800 : the Nova Scotian land grants / Clifford Neal Smith.  McNeal, Ariz. : Westland, 1992-1995. 8 v. ; 28 cm.

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American loyalists — Nova Scotia
Genealogy — Nova Scotia

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The Shelburne Black loyalists : a short biography of all Blacks emigrating to Shelburne County, Nova Scotia after the American revolution 1783 / an edited transcription by Ruth Holmes Whitehead.  Halifax : Nova Scotia Museum, 2000. 294 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AM1 N935 C975 #94

Niven, Laird

Was this the home of Stephen Blucke? : the excavation of AkDi-23, Birchtown, Shelburne County / by Lairid Niven.  Halifax : Nova Scotia Museum, 2000. 80 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AM1 N935 C975 #93

Powell, Stephen Beaumont

Archaeological surveys in two Black communities, 1998 : surveying the Tracadie area and testing two sites in Birchtown / by Stephen Powell and Laird Niven.  Halifax : Nova Scotia Museum, 2000. 55 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AM1 N935 C975 #92

Robertson, Carmelita

Black loyalists of Nova Scotia : tracing the history of Tracadie loyalists 1776-1787 / by Carmelita Robertson.  Halifax : Nova Scotia Museum, 2000. 146 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AM1 N935 C975 #91

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