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/Home/Historical Studies/Culture/North America/U.S. Studies/African Americans/Canadian Connection Black Loyalists Votes:0 The Black Loyalists The history of Birchtown is a short but important chapter in the history of Nova Scotia. It begins with the founding of the neighboring town of Shelburne in early May 1783. Among the founding group were 936 freed slaves. They were followed by a second larger emigration of Black Loyalists arriving on August 27, 1783. The Black Loyalists were runaway slaves who sought protection under the British and who served the Loyalist cause. With their ideals of dignity and independence in a world of equal citizenship under the British crown they arrived on the shores of Shelburne Harbour filled with hope. Governor Parr ordered these new settlers to be placed 'up the Northwest Harbour', in an area they named Birchtown, after Brig.-General Samuel Birch. On September 3, 1783, led by C Read More Go to Site Arrival of the Black Loyalists Votes:0 Page 3 Where is that? Origins - The Black Loyalists Reverend William Odber Raymond , wrote that the earliest evidence of a Black man's presence in New Brunswick appears in a letter of James Simonds, dated 1767 from Portland (now Saint John's « North End » ) to a partner regarding a shipment of lime to a customer. It reads " expect nothing but to disappoint him, as that rascal Negro West cannot be flatter or drove to do a fourth of a man's work.... ". Other than this brief quote there are no records of any Blacks living in the Saint John area before the arrival of the Loyalists. Ancestors of Today's Residents Most Blacks living in Saint John can trace their ancestors to three major groups: the Black Loyalists (1783), the Black Refugees (1815), and those who arrived near the turn o Read More Go to Site

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