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Surveyor General's plan of several tracts of lands occupied by Black people at Preston, attached to a grant thereof from the Crown or intended to be so attached. Certified by Surveyor General, John Spry Morris

Date: 11 January 1836

Reference Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 419 number 21

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  • Who do you think wrote the document?



  • Why do you think the document was written



  • Who do you think received the document?



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  • 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?



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