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The black religious leaders were probably the most influential people in the black communities. Only in religion could blacks be free from white dominance, and they took those churches into their hearts. John Ball | David George | Boston King | Joseph Leonard | Isiah Limerick | John Marrant | Cato Perkins | Moses WilkinsonAlthough some of these people were religious leaders, their position in the community rose more from their practical efforts to obtain land and justice for their people. We have also included the stories of some humbler lives to give a sense of what life was life for most Black Loyalists. Stephen Blucke | Thomas Brownspriggs | Jupiter Farmer | Rose Fortune | Thomas Peters | Mary Postell | Colonel TyeBiographies of certain whites who stood at some of the turning points in the lives of Black Loyalists. Samuel Birch | Guy Carleton | John Clarkson | Henry Clinton | Lord Dunmore | Benjamin Marston | John Parr | Samuel Skinner |
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