New Brunswick Loyalists

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Sad news out of London https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1258159

Abraham Beverley Walker was born in Bellisle NB -1851 of Loyalist descent. https://www.cbc.ca//grave-marker-first-black-lawyer-1.5973

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Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, was born on this day in 1724 in Strabane, Ireland. Dorchester served with General Wolfe at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec, where he was wounded in combat. He commanded British troops in the American Revolution and led the defence of Quebec against a 1775 rebel invasion.... Dorchester twice served as Governor of Quebec and was Governor General of British North America. As commander of British forces in New York at the end of the American Revolution, Dorchester oversaw the evacuation of 30,000 troops and 27,000 Loyalists, most of whom resettled in British colonies elsewhere in North America. He urged the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia to grant them free land and a year’s provisions. He made the same request to the Governor of Quebec for those who fled to Canada. Dorchester negotiated directly with George Washington to ensure the correct implementation of the Treaty of Paris that formally ended the American war. He refused to hand over black slaves to the Americans on the grounds that Britain had promised them their freedom. If this was in violation of the peace treaty, he said, then the Americans would be financially compensated by the British government. He proposed to Washington a registry, The Book of Negroes, so that "the owners might eventually be paid for the slaves who were entitled to their freedom by British Proclamation and promises". Washington protested but eventually agreed. About 1200 freed slaves settled in Nova Scotia. Streets, towns, mountains, a university, schools, islands, and a naval reserve unit (in Ottawa) have all been named in Carleton's honour in Canada.

Nice story by CBC that refers to former Black Loyalist settlement at Brinley Town, outside Digby. Pleased to see this important part of Nova Scotia history being told. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3239552836080290&id=111527972216141