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Spokesmen and Settlers

Stephen Blucke

After a hazy military career, Blucke led the settlers at Birchtown, acting as a schoolteacher, magistrate, construction foreman and militia leader.

Colonel Tye

As the celebrated leader of the Black Brigade, Colonel Tye was a feared and effective guerilla in New Jersey.

Thomas Peters

One of the few black noncommissioned officers in the war, Peters went on to lead his people to a new land.

Thomas Brownspriggs

Leader of the Blacks at Little Tracadie - the most isolated settlement of blacks in the province.

Jupiter Farmer

Ancestor of many modern Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia, Jupiter led a hard life in Birchtown.

Mary Postell

Mary Postell's story is an illustration of the precarious nature of the freedom for all the Black Loyalists.

Rose Fortune

A policewoman and an entrepreneur, Rose Fortune made a success of her life from the humblest origins.

 
Melissa: 1873

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