Imagine you’re from one of the great West African empires: the Yoruba, whose intricate political systems rivaled those of ...

On Feb. 26, Arizona State University's Multicultural Communities of Excellence will be holding Know History Know Self on the ...

The great majority were neutral or Loyalist. For black people, what mattered most was freedom. As the Revolutionary War spread through every region, those in bondage sided with whichever army ...

It will also cover the failed schemes to resettle former slaves, from the harsh treatment of Black Loyalists who were resettled in Nova Scotia, Canada after the American Revolution, to the ...

In 1810-1811 Cuffe sailed to Sierra Leone, a British colony that had been created as a haven for poor blacks from London and black Loyalists who despaired of life as free people in Nova Scotia.

These black loyalists were rewarded with land in Nova Scotia, but the hostility of white loyalists and the harsh climate made them sign up for Sierra Leone too. They were followed by Maroons ...

George, along with Boston King, was one of about 1,500 black Loyalists who escaped to Nova Scotia, joining 15,000 white Loyalists who had just arrived. The blacks thought they would have equal ...

These black loyalists were rewarded with land in Nova Scotia, but the hostility of white loyalists and the harsh climate made them sign up for Sierra Leone too. They were followed by Maroons ...

African Nova Scotians/Indigenous Blacks are a distinct people who descend from free and enslaved Black Planters, Black Loyalists, Black Refugees, Maroons, and other Black people who inhabited the ...