Nova Scotia Archives
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
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- Who do you think received the document?
- Who do you think this document was written for?
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- How do you think the document reflects the attitudes and values of the time period in which it was written?
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- Do you think those were different impacts for different people?