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Experienced Great Cruelties (Back)

Formerly Enslaved People and Refugees Experienced Great Cruelties (Back). Governor Carleton denied their request. The response: “They may look out for vacant lands.” Transcription: Robert Lawson & others […]

Robert Lawson and 11 Others (Front)

A 1785 petition for land entitled “Blacks of Maugerville”. The popular story of a Loyalist journey—and “hope restored”—was not the case for Robert Lawson and other “Blacks of […]

Bill of Sale for Sippeo

This bill of sale shows that a sum of fifteen pounds was paid for a Black enslaved boy named Sippeo: Transcription: This Indenture Witnesseth That for and in […]

I Give and Bequeath all my Negroes…

In 1802 Jacob Ellwood “willed” his slaves as property, along with his horses, cattle, and sheep, to his son William. Transcription: … And I give and bequeath all […]

Born Enslaved

A baptismal record showing that two children born to enslaved parents were baptized as “property of”. Transcription: July 29th, 1798, Baptized 2 Black children the property of Col. […]

Letter Begging for Provisions II

Page two of a letter from Col. Isaac Allen to Col. Winslow asking for provisions for a Black man named George Black and his family. Transcription: …to see […]

Letter Begging for Provisions I

This letter shows the difficulty “free” Black residence faced in receiving provisions. Col. Isaac Allen writes that George Black, a free man, with a wife and two children […]

Inspection Roll of Negroes

This entry in The Book of Negroes lists George Black age 35, wife Ann age 25 and their children Reuben age 7 and Sukey age 5. They are […]

There’s One Stained Glass Window

Dr. Mary Louise McCarthy-Brandt reflects on the significance of St Peter’s Anglican Church in Springhill (New Brunswick), and the stained glass window that commemorates her ancestors. Transcription Close […]

Remembering Charles Dymond

Lenisha Dymond speaks about her family connections to St Peter’s Anglican Church in Springhill (New Brunswick), and her memories of her grandfather, Charles Dymond. Transcription Standing outside of […]

Deby Nash Remembers her Parents

Deby Nash talks about her parents Dorrit and Hedley Nash of Fredericton, New Brunswick. Transcription : The two are seated beside the river Saint John, Deby Nash on […]

She Must Have Had Such Tenacity!

Daniel Leek talks about his great-great-grandmother, Sabinah Grant of Springhill, New Brunswick. She was enslaved to Lieutenant-Colonel Isaac Allen. Transcription Seated in front of Lily Lake in Rockwood […]