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50: 190: 216:, the United States argued for the return of all property, including slaves. The British refused to return the slaves, to whom they had promised freedom during the war for joining their cause. The detailed records were created to document the freed people whom the British resettled in Nova Scotia, along with other Loyalists. The book was assembled by Samuel Birch, the namesake of 311:). It is inspired by the 3,000 former Black African Slaves from America, many of whom were owned by White slave owners. The Former Black African slaves were given free land and housing by the British, in a Nova Scotia town called Birchtown, named after the original author of "The Book of Negros" British Brigadier General Samuel Birch. 1717: 488: 314:
In 1792 1,200 residents of Birchtown chose to emigrate to another British Colony called Sierra Leone, which was founded by a British Lieutenant John Clarkson for freedmen in South Africa.
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He features Aminata Diallo, a young African woman captured as a child; she is literate and acts as a scribe to record the information about the former slaves. The book won the top 2008
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that lasted 5 days - no fatalities. The American refugees were upset the free land and jobs were only being given to the former black African slaves who worked for less pay.
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was recorded separately by American and British officers, there are two versions of the document. The British version is held in
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Nova Scotia Archives & Records Management - African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition
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Epic Journeys of Freedom: Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and Their Global Quest for Liberty
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in 1605. African people were then brought as slaves to Nova Scotia during the founding of
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The Black Loyalist Directory: African Americans in Exile After the American Revolution,
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The Black Loyalist Directory: African Americans in Exile After the American Revolution
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The Black Loyalist Directory: African Americans in Exile After the American Revolution
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The document contains records on 3000 Africans; the former slaves recorded in the
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This article is about the historical document. For the Lawrence Hill novel, see
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edited by Graham Russell Hodges, Susan Hawkes Cook, and Alan Edward Brown"
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The first African person in Nova Scotia arrived with the founding of
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Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
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Remembering Black Loyalists, Black Communities in Nova Scotia
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African Nova Scotians: in the Age of Slavery and Abolition
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African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
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Collection of the National Archives (United Kingdom)
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For the TV miniseries based on the novel, see 2208:List of last surviving American enslaved people 375:Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution 121:, that records names and descriptions of 3,000 1798:Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" 973: 598: 231:, where they formed the original settlers of 335:adapted the book into a six-hour television 279:National Archives and Records Administration 86:National Archives and Records Administration 377:), a history book and television series by 980: 966: 854:Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor 630:African Americans in the Revolutionary War 605: 591: 2222:Cotton Plantation Record and Account Book 560:(Digitized version of the American copy.) 432:"Record of the Week: The Book of Negroes" 307:(2007, published in the United States as 2203:Treatment of slaves in the United States 1977:Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade 1291:(1766 Saint-Dominque – June 30, 1853 NY) 542:Black Loyalists: Our History, Our People 188: 48: 565:Carleton Papers – Book of Negroes, 1783 554:(Digitized version of the British copy) 14: 2277: 2140:Frederick Douglass and the White Negro 1961:Queen: The Story of an American Family 1881:Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp 239:. They are among the ancestors of the 1913:Roots: The Saga of an American Family 1742:Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 1178:(c. 1745 Nigeria – 31 March 1797 Eng) 961: 586: 558:Inspection Roll of Negroes Book No. 2 438:(National Archives), 5 February 2015. 1758:Life and Times of Frederick Douglass 1253:(1783 England – 1821 United States) 987: 833:See also Sierra Leone settlers below 612: 24: 2097:The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom 1969:Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons 1247:(c. 1710 Portugal – 1734 Montreal) 1200:Nunzio Otello Francesco Gioacchino 196:, NYC – where Birch assembled the 53:Certificate of Freedom, issued by 25: 2346: 2315:Sierra Leone Creole history books 2310:History of Black people in Canada 2198:Songs of the Underground Railroad 2158:Abolitionism in the United States 1666:(c. 1795 Nigeria – ? Brazil) 1297:(c. 1819 – ???, Puerto Rico) 501: 421:PRO 30/55 - C. Folios, no. 10427. 285:It was published under the title 2246:Slave Songs of the United States 1750:The Underground Railroad Records 1660:(? Puerto Rico – 1555 Venezuela) 398:"African Nova Scotian Community" 129:and were evacuated to points in 1626:(19th century Indian Territory) 1600:(1766 Saint-Dominque – 1853 NY) 246:Notable people recorded in the 165:became the first settlement of 2335:American expatriates in Canada 2295:African-American slave records 2230:Slave-Trading in the Old South 1284:(c. 1788 Bermuda – after 1833) 478: 461: 441: 425: 414: 403: 391: 13: 1: 1905:The Confessions of Nat Turner 1870: 1863: 1694:The Narrative of Robert Adams 1108: 537:(Boston: Beacon Press, 2006). 469:"Merging history and fiction" 337:mini-series of the same title 293:Representation in other media 140: 2238:Sarah Johnson's Mount Vernon 2193:Slavery in the United States 1550:Greensbury Washington Offley 235:, under the auspices of the 7: 2262:The Hemingses of Monticello 2163:African-American literature 528:, 2001, Noval Scotia Museum 436:Rediscovering Black History 357: 326:Commonwealth Writers' Prize 184: 10: 2351: 2300:African-American genealogy 2290:African-American documents 2078:A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin 1184:(c. 1705 Bornu – 1775 Eng) 1000:Slave Narrative Collection 785:Port Rosey (now Shelburne) 678:American Revolutionary War 495:, IndieWire, 24 June 2014. 456:William and Mary Quarterly 163:American Revolutionary War 31: 2150: 2123: 2088: 2071:To a Southern Slaveholder 2062: 2027: 1859:The Bondwoman's Narrative 1808: 1734:My Bondage and My Freedom 1718:The Life of Josiah Henson 1702:American Slavery as It Is 1677: 1644: 1304: 1260: 1235: 1209: 1162: 1145: 1130:Andreas Matthäus Wolfgang 1019: 1008: 995: 930: 872: 841: 798: 765: 740: 704: 691:Black Company of Pioneers 676: 653: 620: 220:, under the direction of 117:, under the direction of 110:is a document created by 94: 70: 63: 2330:Fugitive American slaves 2017:The Underground Railroad 1782:The Peculiar Institution 1427:Sarah Jane Woodson Early 745:involved in Emancipation 731:Petition of Free Negroes 667:Philipsburg Proclamation 385: 2188:Films featuring slavery 1652:Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua 1576:William Henry Singleton 1381:Ellen and William Craft 491:19 October 2014 at the 2036:Amos Fortune, Free Man 1270:Juan Francisco Manzano 1245:Marie-Joseph Angélique 1153:Brigitta Scherzenfeldt 1136:Johann Georg Wolffgang 1118:Guðríður Símonardóttir 1057:James Leander Cathcart 808:Colonel Stephen Blucke 661:Dunmore's Proclamation 640:United Empire Loyalist 518:, Nova Scotia Archives 297:The Canadian novelist 218:Birchtown, Nova Scotia 214:Treaty of Paris (1783) 201: 58: 1985:Walk Through Darkness 1921:Underground to Canada 1534:Jermain Wesley Loguen 1479:(1848/1854 VA – 1957) 1406:Ayuba Suleiman Diallo 1222:Konstantin Mihailović 1170:Lovisa von Burghausen 845:Sierra Leone Settlers 309:Someone Knows My Name 275:The National Archives 210:British North America 192: 135:free people of colour 74:The National Archives 52: 29:1783 British document 2183:Caribbean literature 2173:Atlantic slave trade 1726:Twelve Years a Slave 1619:Booker T. Washington 1421:Jordan Winston Early 864:Sierra Leone Company 752:General Samuel Birch 237:Sierra Leone Company 2178:Captivity narrative 2009:The Book of Negroes 1790:The Slave Community 1654:(1845–1847, Brazil) 1581:James Lindsay Smith 1488:John Andrew Jackson 1423:(1814 – after 1894) 1377:(1845 KY – 1938 OH) 1370:William Wells Brown 1329:Jared Maurice Arter 1324:William J. Anderson 1217:Johann Schiltberger 939:The Book of Negroes 874:Sierra Leone people 800:Black Nova Scotians 625:Slavery in the U.S. 510:The Book of Negroes 484:Tambay A. Obenson, 364:Black Nova Scotians 304:The Book of Negroes 241:Sierra Leone Creole 167:Black Nova Scotians 127:American Revolution 42:The Book of Negroes 35:The Book of Negroes 18:The Book of Negroes 2132:Unchained Memories 1637:(b. c. 1780 Congo) 1411:Frederick Douglass 1182:Ukawsaw Gronniosaw 1081:Maria ter Meetelen 696:Ethiopian Regiment 575:Hodges, Graham R. 331:Canadian director 208:were evacuated to 202: 80:Nova Scotia Museum 59: 2272: 2271: 2044:I, Juan de Pareja 2028:Young adult books 1835:Uncle Tom's Cabin 1678:Non-fiction books 1673: 1672: 1630:Harriet E. Wilson 1514:Elizabeth Keckley 1360:Henry "Box" Brown 1278:(1860–1965, Cuba) 1272:(1797–1854, Cuba) 1227:George of Hungary 1202:(1792 – fl. 1828) 955: 954: 823:Richard Pierpoint 818:Rev. 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Index

The Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes (novel)
The Book of Negroes (miniseries)

Samuel Birch
The National Archives
Nova Scotia Museum
National Archives and Records Administration
Brigadier General
Samuel Birch
Sir Guy Carleton
Black Loyalists
American Revolution
Nova Scotia
free people of colour
Port Royal
Louisbourg
Halifax
Enslaved Africans
American Revolutionary War
Black Nova Scotians
Black Canadians
West Indies
London

Fraunces Tavern
British North America
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Birchtown, Nova Scotia
Sir Guy Carleton

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