Nova Scotia Archives
African Nova Scotian Teaching and Learning
Abstract of expenses incurred in providing for American Black Refugees in the different settlements between 1 June and 31 August 1817
Reference Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 421 number 113
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- 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?