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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Introduction and annotations by David A. Sutherland. This volume features key documents from the Papers of the Halifax Relief Commission (HRC), which was established in the wake of the 1917 Halifax Explosion. The HRC was a quasi-governmental authority endowed with sweeping authority to implement a long-term program of reconstruction and rehabilitation to improve the qualify of life for the people of Halifax and neighbouring Dartmouth.

Halifax Relief Commission
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Disaster victims—Rehabilitation—Nova Scotia—Halifax—History—20th century
Halifax (N.S.)—History—20th century

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Compiled oral and other histories from Richmond County Nova Scotia.

Yorke, Ann Marie

Readers for new literates
Richmond (N.S. : County) — History

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History of the schools of Kings County, Nova Scotia. Includes bibliographic reference and table of contents for easy searching.

Schools — Kings County (N.S.)
Kings County (N.S.) — History

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Nova Scotia Series I. This volume was prepared not only to make available in the first instance Rev. Richard John Uniacke's "Sketches of Cape Breton", which were written at Sydney, N.S., between 1862 and 1865, but also to present a number of additional descriptions of the Island from the pens of other writers at interviews between the founding of Sydney in 1785 and the year 1862.

Fergusson, Charles Bruce, 1911-1978

Public Archives of Nova Scotia

Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — History
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Description and travel

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Written immediately after the conferences held in Charlottetown and Québec in 1864, on confederation, and the accompanying banquets held in Halifax, St-John, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. F75 W56 c.1 - Copy 1 F75 W56 c.2 - Copy 2 (handwritten note inside to D.C. Harvey from Eileen Odevoive)

Charlottetown Conference (1864)
Québec Conference (1864 : Québec, Québec)
Canada — History — 1841-1867
Canada — History — Confederation, 1867
Canada — Politics and government — 1841-1867

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Contains pictorial and written accounts of life in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.

Colchester (N.S. : County) — History

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By Rev. G.M. Grant to which is added Howe's essay on the organization of the empire. Reprinted from the columns of the Canadian monthly and national review, where it appeared in the May, June, July, and August numbers of the year 1875.

Howe, Joseph, 1804-1873

Howe, Joseph, 1804-1873
Politicians — Nova Scotia — Biography

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Second Edition of the History of the County of Lunenburg updated to include more information including a map and a photograph of Lunenburg in the opening of the book, and an index in the back for easy searching the document.

Lunenburg (N.S. : County) — History
Lunenburg (N.S. : County) — Genealogy

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Reprint of the 1921 edition, documents the history of New Brunswick.

New Brunswick — History
New Brunswick — Description and travel

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Since the 1970s scholars have regarded Robert M. Calhoon as an invigorating and definitive force when it comes to the study of American Loyalism. His decades-long work redefined the Loyalists' role in the American Revolution from being portrayed as static characters opposing change to being seen eventually as reactionary actors adapting to a society in upheaval. Loyalists were central to the Revolution, and Calhoon and these authors argue that they were not so different in ideology from their Patriot neighbors — except occasionally when they were. In The Consequences of Loyalism, Rebecca Brannon and Joseph S. Moore seek to provide an understanding of Calhoon's foundational influence and the development continuing in the wake of his prolific career. Includes bibliographic references and index.

Moore, Joseph S.

Calhoon, Robert M. — (Robert McCluer)
American loyalists
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783

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Perhaps best known as the intrepid adventurer who located the missing explorer David Livingstone in equatorial Africa in 1871, Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) played a major role in assembling the fragmented discoveries and uncertain geographical knowledge of central Africa into a coherent picture. He was the first European to explore the Congo River; assisted at the founding of the Congo Free State, and helped pave the way for the opening up of modern Africa. In this classic account of one of his most important expeditions, the venerable Victorian recounts the incredibly difficult and perilous journey during which he explored the great lakes of Central Africa, confirming their size and position, searched for the sources of the Nile, and traced the unknown Congo River from the depths of the continent to the sea.

Stanley, Henry M. — (Henry Morton), — 1841-1904
Africa, Central — Description and travel

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Webber family — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy

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Based on research by Robert Tulloch and Judith Tulloch. Contents include appendices at the back for easy searching, ancestors and descendants family trees, and brief family history throughout.

Genealogy — Nova Scotia

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Totten Family tree to the year 1999. Includes index for easy searching and finding names. Dedicated to James Everett Totten, Wile's cousin.

Totten Family — Genealogy

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Purcell — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy

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Includes errata and corrections insert, a paper by John Selwyn Mills on "Why I believe that Thomas Mills, of 1600's Maine, is the father of John Mills, the Shipwright of Stamford, CT" insert and index.

Mills family

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Includes genealogy resources. Copy signed by author.

Huguenots — Nova Scotia — Genealogy

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Gray family — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy

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Includes bibliography and index.

Bouteiller, George Frederick, 1769-1791
Bouteiller, John James, 1765-1791
Esmonnot, Jean, 1691-1736 — Family
Bouteiller, Guillaume, 1642-1712 — Family
Trials (Murder) — Nova Scotia — Lunenburg (County)
Lunenburg (N.S. : County) — History — 18th century
Lunenburg (N.S. : County)

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Doyle — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy

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Outlines the family ancestors and descendants of Henry Charlton including appendices, scanned documents, letters, and table of contents for easy searching. Main body 129 pages with supporting documents after the appendices.

Tulloch, Marion (Rood)

Genealogy — Nova Scotia

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Bayer — Genealogy
Bayers — Genealogy
Byers — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy

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Part 1 in the genealogy series for Johann Bauer and his descendants that includes an index for easy searching. Attached in the book is a revision/update document (3 pages) from 1989.

Genealogy — Nova Scotia

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Arnold — Genealogy
Nova Scotia — Genealogy

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