Moving On

During the American Revolution tens of thousands of colonists loyal to Britain left the colonies and resettled in Canada, Britain, and the Carribean. Among them were a substantial number of black loyalists. This groundbreaking study explores the lives, struggles, and politics of black loyalists who dispersed throughout the Atlantic region, including Canada, Britain, Sierra Leone, and Jamaica. The struggles of these populations, a diaspora within a diaspora, for political and economic independence under various British colonial regimes highlight the variety of challenges which faced black loyalists in the Afro-Atlantic World.

Pulis, John W.

Acknowledgements * List of Contributors * Introduction * The Black Pioneers and Others: The military role of Black Loyalists in the American War for Independence, Todd W. Braisted * Hidden from History: Black Loyalists at Country Harbor Novia Scotia, Carole Troxler * Birchtown: The History and Material Culture of an Expatriate African American Community, Laird Niven and Stephen A. Davis * Black Loyalists in London after the American Revolution, Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina * The Black Loyalists in Sierra Leone, Wallace Brown * The Promised Land: Company-Repatriate Relations During the Founding of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Claude A. Clegg * Edward Jones: An African American in Sierra Leone, Nemata Blyden * Bridging Troubled Waters: Moses Baker, George Liele, and the African American Diaspora to Jamaica, John W. Pulis * Index