Black Loyalist settlements in Canada
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
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| gptkbp:challengesFaced |
gptkb:racism
poverty land grants delays |
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
First large free Black communities in Canada
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| gptkbp:legacy |
Black Canadian communities
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:New_Brunswick
gptkb:Nova_Scotia |
| gptkbp:migratory |
Some settlers later moved to Sierra Leone
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| gptkbp:notableTown |
gptkb:Saint_John
gptkb:Shelburne gptkb:Digby gptkb:Birchtown Preston |
| gptkbp:period |
1783-1791
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| gptkbp:populationEstimate |
over 3,000 Black Loyalists
|
| gptkbp:reasonForSettlement |
Escape from slavery
Loyalty to the British Crown |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkb:Book_of_Negroes gptkb:Black_Loyalists |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Loyalist_in_the_American_Revolution
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Black Loyalist settlements in Canada
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