Black Loyalists

E40764
African diaspora community historical ethnic group political group

Black Loyalists were African-descended supporters of the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, many of whom were formerly enslaved people who gained or sought freedom by fighting for or aiding British forces.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Black Loyalists canonical 7
Black Loyalist migration to Nova Scotia 2
Black Loyalist evacuation from New York 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African diaspora community ⓘ
historical ethnic group ⓘ
political group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Black British Loyalists ⓘ
Black refugees ⓘ
became Sierra Leone Creoles ancestors ⓘ
departedFrom Charleston ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Savannah ⓘ
documentedIn Book of Negroes ⓘ
estimatedPopulation thousands ⓘ
faced broken land grant promises ⓘ
economic hardship ⓘ
racial discrimination in Nova Scotia ⓘ
founded Freetown ⓘ
hasEthnicOrigin African descent ⓘ
included formerly enslaved people ⓘ
influenced abolitionist movements in Britain ⓘ
early Black communities in Canada ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus refugees ⓘ
notableLeader Boston King ⓘ
David George ⓘ
Moses Wilkinson ⓘ
Thomas Peters ⓘ
opposedBy Patriots ⓘ
organized migration to Sierra Leone ⓘ
participatedIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
peakMigrationPeriod 1783–1785 ⓘ
promised freedom in exchange for service ⓘ
promisedBy British colonial authorities ⓘ
surface form: British authorities
region British America ⓘ
surface form: British North America
religion Protestantism ⓘ
resettledIn England ⓘ
New Brunswick ⓘ
Nova Scotia ⓘ
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec

Sierra Leone ⓘ
servedAs guides ⓘ
laborers ⓘ
pioneers ⓘ
soldiers ⓘ
spies ⓘ
servedIn British Army ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
surface form: British Navy
sought freedom from slavery ⓘ
subjectOf scholarly research on slavery and freedom ⓘ
supported British Crown ⓘ
timePeriod 1775–1783 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Loyalist militias → hasEthnicComposition → Black Loyalists ⓘ
Colony of Nova Scotia → ethnicGroups → Black Loyalists ⓘ
Krio people → ancestry → Black Loyalists ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nova Scotian Settlers
Book of Negroes → relatedTo → Black Loyalists ⓘ
David George → movement → Black Loyalists ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Loyalist migration
David George → associatedWith → Black Loyalists ⓘ
David George → associatedWith → Black Loyalists ⓘ
this entity surface form: Freetown settlers
Boston King → movement → Black Loyalists ⓘ
Boston King → associatedWith → Black Loyalists ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Loyalist migration to Nova Scotia
Boston King → participatedIn → Black Loyalists ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Loyalist evacuation from New York
Moses Wilkinson → ledCommunityOf → Black Loyalists ⓘ
Moses Wilkinson → ledMigrationOf → Black Loyalists ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Loyalists to Nova Scotia
Moses Wilkinson → associatedWith → Black Loyalists ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia
Afro-Canadians → hasSubgroup → Black Loyalists ⓘ
Afro-Canadians → historicalEvent → Black Loyalists ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Loyalist migration to Nova Scotia