Black Loyalists in New Brunswick: The Lives of Eight African Americans in Colonial New Brunswick 1783-1834

In this book, Stephen Davidson describes the experiences of eight African Americans who sought sanctuary in New Brunswick after the American Revolutionary War. Most were slaves owned by Americans fighting the British. Fleeing their owners and supporting the British cause, these Black Loyalists were granted freedom and transported to Saint John to begin new lives. In these brief biographies there are love stories, tragedy, encounters with official racism and a dramatic murder trial. Blacks a...