David George (Baptist)
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David George was an African-American Baptist preacher and a Black Loyalist from the American South who escaped to British lines in Savannah, Georgia; later he accepted transport to Nova Scotia and lan
David George helped found the Silver Bluff Baptist Church, one of the first black churches in America. No known images exist of David George.
Black Loyalist
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Black Loyalists were people of Black African descent who sided with the Loyalists during the American Revolutionary War, in favour of the British. In particular, the term referred to the men enslaved
David George (Baptist)
…David George (c. 1742–1810) was an African-American Baptist preacher and a Black Loyalist from the American South who escaped to British lines in Savannah, Georgia; later he accepted transport to Nova Scotia and land there. He eventually…
Full text of Dunmore's Proclamation
Plaque commemorating the Royal Ethiopian Regiment
1788 illustration of a Black woodcutter in Shelburne, Nova Scotia
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