http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Book_of_Negroes&feed=atom&action=historyBook of Negroes - Revision history2024-03-28T13:26:12ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.27.5http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Book_of_Negroes&diff=74587&oldid=prevGwsweeney at 15:24, 6 February 20242024-02-06T15:24:33Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The ''[[wikipedia:Book of Negroes|Book of Negroes]]'' (or ''Inspection Roll of Negroes'') is a manuscript ledger of 3,000 black refugees whose details were recorded as part of the evacuation of British loyalists from the port of New York between April 23 and November 30, 1783, following the British surrender in the American Revolution. Fugitive slaves who were behind British lines at the time of surrender were not returned to their former owners (unless they wished to be returned), and the majority were evacuated to Nova Scotia, Canada (a British territory), with some transported to the British West Indies, London, or eventually migrating to Sierra Leone, West Africa.<ref>[https://novascotia.ca/archives/Africanns/BN.asp "Book of Negroes,"] ''African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition,'' Nova Scotia Archives, accessed March 1, 2018.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The ''[[wikipedia:Book of Negroes|Book of Negroes]]'' (or ''Inspection Roll of Negroes'') is a manuscript ledger of 3,000 black refugees whose details were recorded as part of the evacuation of British loyalists from the port of New York between April 23 and November 30, 1783, following the British surrender in the American Revolution. Fugitive slaves who were behind British lines at the time of surrender were not returned to their former owners (unless they wished to be returned), and the majority were evacuated to Nova Scotia, Canada (a British territory), with some transported to the British West Indies, London, or eventually migrating to Sierra Leone, West Africa.<ref>[https://novascotia.ca/archives/Africanns/BN.asp "Book of Negroes,"] ''African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition,'' Nova Scotia Archives, accessed March 1, 2018.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are two copies of the manuscript, one made by the British (now at the National Archives in Kew, England),<ref>"Book of Negroes registered by the Commissioners and embarked from New York between 23 April and 31 July 1783," Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers, (PRO 30/55/100) 10427, The National Archives, Kew, England.</ref> and a copy made by the Americans (now at the National Archives of the United States, Washington, D.C.).<ref>''Inspection Roll of Negroes Book No. 1,'' Series: Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774 - 1789, Record Group 360: Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765 - 1821, National Archives, Washington, D.C.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are two copies of the manuscript, one made by the British (now at the National Archives in Kew, England),<ref>"Book of Negroes registered by the Commissioners and embarked from New York between 23 April and 31 July 1783," Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers, (PRO 30/55/100) 10427, The National Archives, Kew, England.</ref> and a copy made by the Americans (now at the National Archives of the United States, Washington, D.C.).<ref>''Inspection Roll of Negroes Book No. 1,'' Series: Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774 - 1789, Record Group 360: Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765 - 1821, National Archives, Washington, D.C.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The ''[[wikipedia:Book of Negroes|Book of Negroes]]'' (or ''Inspection Roll of Negroes'') is a manuscript ledger of 3,000 black refugees whose details were recorded as part of the evacuation of British loyalists from the port of New York between April 23 and November 30, 1783, following the British surrender in the American Revolution. Fugitive slaves who were behind British lines at the time of surrender were not returned to their former owners (unless they wished to be returned), and the majority were evacuated to Nova Scotia, Canada (a British territory), with some transported to the British West Indies, or <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">London</del>.<ref>[https://novascotia.ca/archives/Africanns/BN.asp "Book of Negroes,"] ''African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition,'' Nova Scotia Archives, accessed March 1, 2018.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The ''[[wikipedia:Book of Negroes|Book of Negroes]]'' (or ''Inspection Roll of Negroes'') is a manuscript ledger of 3,000 black refugees whose details were recorded as part of the evacuation of British loyalists from the port of New York between April 23 and November 30, 1783, following the British surrender in the American Revolution. Fugitive slaves who were behind British lines at the time of surrender were not returned to their former owners (unless they wished to be returned), and the majority were evacuated to Nova Scotia, Canada (a British territory), with some transported to the British West Indies<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, London</ins>, or <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">eventually migrating to Sierra Leone, West Africa</ins>.<ref>[https://novascotia.ca/archives/Africanns/BN.asp "Book of Negroes,"] ''African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition,'' Nova Scotia Archives, accessed March 1, 2018.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The ''[[wikipedia:Book of Negroes|Book of Negroes]]'' (or ''Inspection Roll of Negroes'') is a manuscript <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">list </del>of 3,000 black refugees whose details were recorded as part of the evacuation of British loyalists from the port of New York between April 23 and November 30, 1783, following the British surrender in the American Revolution. Fugitive slaves who were behind British lines at the time of surrender were not returned to their former owners (unless they wished to be returned), and the majority were evacuated to Nova Scotia, Canada (a British territory), with some transported to the British West Indies, or London.<ref>[https://novascotia.ca/archives/Africanns/BN.asp "Book of Negroes,"] ''African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition,'' Nova Scotia Archives, accessed March 1, 2018.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The ''[[wikipedia:Book of Negroes|Book of Negroes]]'' (or ''Inspection Roll of Negroes'') is a manuscript <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ledger </ins>of 3,000 black refugees whose details were recorded as part of the evacuation of British loyalists from the port of New York between April 23 and November 30, 1783, following the British surrender in the American Revolution. Fugitive slaves who were behind British lines at the time of surrender were not returned to their former owners (unless they wished to be returned), and the majority were evacuated to Nova Scotia, Canada (a British territory), with some transported to the British West Indies, or London.<ref>[https://novascotia.ca/archives/Africanns/BN.asp "Book of Negroes,"] ''African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition,'' Nova Scotia Archives, accessed March 1, 2018.</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>Gwsweeneyhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Book_of_Negroes&diff=64172&oldid=prevGwsweeney at 01:57, 3 March 20182018-03-03T01:57:12Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are two copies of the manuscript, one made by the British (now at the National Archives in Kew, England),<ref>"Book of Negroes registered by the Commissioners and embarked from New York between 23 April and 31 July 1783," Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers, (PRO 30/55/100) 10427, The National Archives, Kew, England.</ref> and a copy made by the Americans (now at the National Archives of the United States, Washington, D.C.).<ref>''Inspection Roll of Negroes Book No. 1,'' Series: Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774 - 1789, Record Group 360: Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765 - 1821, National Archives, Washington, D.C.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are two copies of the manuscript, one made by the British (now at the National Archives in Kew, England),<ref>"Book of Negroes registered by the Commissioners and embarked from New York between 23 April and 31 July 1783," Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers, (PRO 30/55/100) 10427, The National Archives, Kew, England.</ref> and a copy made by the Americans (now at the National Archives of the United States, Washington, D.C.).<ref>''Inspection Roll of Negroes Book No. 1,'' Series: Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774 - 1789, Record Group 360: Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765 - 1821, National Archives, Washington, D.C.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At least 14 former slaves listed came from Williamsburg, Virginia. One, listed as James Rea (or Ray), age 24, an "Ordinary fellow without legs," is noted as being "Formerly Slave to George With <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[Wythe] </del>Williamsburg Virginia... left him in 1779. G.M.C.":</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At least 14 former slaves listed came from Williamsburg, Virginia. One, listed as James Rea (or Ray), age 24, an "Ordinary fellow without legs," is noted as being "Formerly Slave to George With Williamsburg Virginia... left him in 1779. G.M.C.":<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref>Taylor Stoermer, [https://taylorstoermer.com/2015/01/26/stout-fellows-and-fine-girls-williamsburg-virginia-and-the-book-of-negroes/ "Stout Fellows and Fine Girls: Williamsburg, Virginia, and the Book of Negroes,"] ''History Doctor,'' accessed March 1, 2018. "George With," presumably Wythe, is sometimes mistakenly transcribed as "Wilk."</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Gwsweeneyhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Book_of_Negroes&diff=64164&oldid=prevGwsweeney at 01:36, 3 March 20182018-03-03T01:36:09Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are two copies of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">roll</del>, one made by the British (now at the National Archives in Kew, England),<ref>"Book of Negroes registered by the Commissioners and embarked from New York between 23 April and 31 July 1783," Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers, (PRO 30/55/100) 10427, The National Archives, Kew, England.</ref> and a copy made by the Americans (now at the National Archives of the United States, Washington, D.C.).<ref>''Inspection Roll of Negroes Book No. 1,'' Series: Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774 - 1789, Record Group 360: Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765 - 1821, National Archives, Washington, D.C.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are two copies of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">manuscript</ins>, one made by the British (now at the National Archives in Kew, England),<ref>"Book of Negroes registered by the Commissioners and embarked from New York between 23 April and 31 July 1783," Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers, (PRO 30/55/100) 10427, The National Archives, Kew, England.</ref> and a copy made by the Americans (now at the National Archives of the United States, Washington, D.C.).<ref>''Inspection Roll of Negroes Book No. 1,'' Series: Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774 - 1789, Record Group 360: Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1765 - 1821, National Archives, Washington, D.C.</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>Gwsweeneyhttp://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Book_of_Negroes&diff=64162&oldid=prevGwsweeney at 01:30, 3 March 20182018-03-03T01:30:42Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Book of Negroes''}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Book of Negroes''}}</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The ''[[wikipedia:Book of Negroes|Book of Negroes]]'' (or ''Inspection Roll of Negroes'') is a list of 3,000 black refugees whose details were recorded as part of the evacuation of British loyalists from the port of New York between April 23 and November 30, 1783, following the British surrender in the American Revolution. Fugitive slaves who were behind British lines at the time of surrender were not returned to their former owners (unless they wished to be returned), and the majority were evacuated to Nova Scotia, Canada (a British territory), with some transported to the British West Indies, or London.<ref>[https://novascotia.ca/archives/Africanns/BN.asp "Book of Negroes,"] ''African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition,'' Nova Scotia Archives, accessed March 1, 2018.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The ''[[wikipedia:Book of Negroes|Book of Negroes]]'' (or ''Inspection Roll of Negroes'') is a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">manuscript </ins>list of 3,000 black refugees whose details were recorded as part of the evacuation of British loyalists from the port of New York between April 23 and November 30, 1783, following the British surrender in the American Revolution. Fugitive slaves who were behind British lines at the time of surrender were not returned to their former owners (unless they wished to be returned), and the majority were evacuated to Nova Scotia, Canada (a British territory), with some transported to the British West Indies, or London.<ref>[https://novascotia.ca/archives/Africanns/BN.asp "Book of Negroes,"] ''African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition,'' Nova Scotia Archives, accessed March 1, 2018.</ref></div></td></tr>
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