Maroons and Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia, 1796-1800
Forcibly relocated by the Jamaican government, the Maroons of Trelawney Town, Jamaica, reached Halifax in July 1796. Lieutenant-Governor John Wentworth, former loyalist governor of New Hampshire, experimented with integrating and converting these 150 uprooted black families, refugees of war. His sel...
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| Language: | English |
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Acadiensis Press
2017
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/25748 |