African Nova Scotian Teaching and Learning
Account of expenses for the Black Refugees who have been received at Melville Island. For the quarter ending 26 January 1816. Duplicate
Reference Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 420 number 126
Questions to Consider
- When do you think the document was written?
- Who do you think wrote the document?
- Why do you think the document was written
- Who do you think received the document?
- Who do you think this document was written for?
- What information do you think this document provides? What do you think it tells us about the past?
- How do you think the document reflects the attitudes and values of the time period in which it was written?
- What impact do you think the document had at the time it was written?
- Do you think those were different impacts for different people?