Costume from the mini series The Book of Negroes on display at the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre.

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"Black Loyalists at Birchtown" plaque commemorates the Black Loyalists who settled in Birchtown, Nova Scotia after the American Revolution.
  • African NS Cultural Heritage
When about 40,000 newcomers, today referred to as United Empire Loyalists, arrived in the British colony of Nova Scotia between 1776 and 1785, the population tripled. There were about 3,500 Black…
Wall of windows at the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre etched with the names of the Black Loyalists.
  • African NS Cultural Heritage
The Black Loyalists arrived in Nova Scotia between 1783 and 1785, as a result of the American Revolution. They were the largest group of people of African birth and of African descent to come to Nova…