“Africadia”: Black Loyalists and Beyond
The South Shore region of Nova Scotia contained the largest settlement of Black Loyalists. Birchtown is the most famous of these settlements, but Black loyalists settled all over the province. The Black Loyalists were not the first Blacks to arrive in Nova Scotia as Black guides accompanied the Dutch and French explorers in the early seventeenth century. Blacks also arrived in Nova Scotia as part of the French settlement of places like Louisburg. On the South Shore the first permanently residing Blacks accompanied the Planter migration that scatter the Nova Scotian coast.
Places
Disney Chapel
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Built in 1877, Disney Chapel commemorates Black AMEC Bishop Richard Randolph Disney.
Hatfield House
Tusket, Nova Scotia
Built in 1793 by Black Loyalist Abigail Price. Abigail disappeared but her house stands.
Sylvia’s War
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Sylvia participated in the defense of Lunenburg against American privateers.
David George and his Baptist Church
Shelburne, Nova Scotia
The Birthplace of the Black Baptist Church in Canada along the banks of Blacks Brook.
Marybelle: The Last Black Servant in Louis Head
Nova Scotia
Black Loyalists from Queens County took up employment to boat builders and sea captains.
Greenville United Baptist Church
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
The Greenville United Baptist Church built by and for the Black community
Road Map
Nova Scotia to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
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