| Chronological Timeline |
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Nov. 1775 |
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation |
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Nov. 1775 |
Ethiopian Regiment Formed |
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Dec. 1775 |
Virginia Declaration |
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Dec. 1775 |
Battle of Great Bridge |
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Feb. 1776 |
Ethiopian Regiment Evacuated |
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May 1776 |
Black Pioneers Formed |
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Sep. 1779 |
Philipsburg Proclamation |
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Sept. 1780 |
Tye Killed in Huddy Raid |
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Oct. 1781 |
Battle of Yorktown |
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Dec. 1782 |
Certificates of Freedom |
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Nov. 1782 |
Provisional Peace Treaty |
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May 1783 |
Carleton Orders Blacks Evacuated |
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Aug. 1783 |
Birchtown Surveyed |
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Sept. 1783 |
Treaty of Paris Signed |
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Mar. 1784 |
Guysborough Burns |
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June 1784 |
Shelburne Riot |
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May 1785 |
'Negro Frolics' Banned |
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Sept. 1785 |
Marrant Arrives in NS |
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Sept. 1785 |
Annapolis Road Completed |
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1786 |
Little Tracadie Settled |
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April 1787 |
Sierra Leone Colony Founded |
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Feb. 1788 |
Beaver Dam Land Grants |
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1788 |
Marrant's Narrative Published |
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Jan. 1789 |
Famine in Nova Scotia |
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Dec. 1789 |
Granville Town (SL) Destroyed |
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1790 |
Thomas Peters Brings Petition to England |
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Oct. 1791 |
Clarkson Arrives from England |
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Jan. 1792 |
Fleet leaves for Sierra Leone |
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Mar. 1792 |
Fleet Arrives; Clarkson Governor |
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June 1792 |
Thomas Peters Dies |
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Dec. 1792 |
Clarkson Returns to England |
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Mar. 1793 |
Clarkson Dismissed |
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June 1793 |
Riot in Freetown |
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Sep. 1794 |
French Attack Freetown |
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Oct. 1794 |
Oath of Restitution |