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→ 26 Apr 12 at 4 pm intracoastal-wanderings:

A map of the early Southern states

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→ 08 Apr 12 at 1 pm auntada:

Toward the end of the American Revolution, the British government encouraged African American slaves to leave their masters and join their fight against the colonial rebellion. An estimated 100,000 slaves, often whole families, deserted to the British side.

When the war ended, 3,000 African Americans were evacuated to British North America, where they settled in Nova Scotia. In 1783, the British government and the American government recorded each of these freedmen, whom they called Black Loyalists, in The Book of Negroes (there are two versions of the document).

Faced with mistreatment and limited opportunities in Canada, over 1,100 Black Loyalists migrated to Sierra Leone, where they created the Freetown Colony in 1791.

tags: american revolution history Black Loyalists expatriates Canada Sierra Leone Book of Negroes

auntada:

Toward the end of the American Revolution, the British government encouraged African American slaves to leave their masters and join their fight against the colonial rebellion. An estimated 100,000 slaves, often whole families, deserted to the British side.
When the war ended, 3,000 African Americans were evacuated to British North America, where they settled in Nova Scotia. In 1783, the British government and the American government recorded each of these freedmen, whom they called Black Loyalists, in The Book of Negroes (there are two versions of the document).
Faced with mistreatment and limited opportunities in Canada, over 1,100 Black Loyalists migrated to Sierra Leone, where they created the Freetown Colony in 1791.

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→ 17 Mar 12 at 5 pm n-e-w-w-o-r-l-d:

This iconic 1846 lithograph by Nathaniel Currier was entitled “The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor”; the phrase “Boston Tea Party” had not yet become standard.

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tags: american revolution Boston massachusetts Tea Party America History New World

n-e-w-w-o-r-l-d:

This iconic 1846 lithograph by Nathaniel Currier was entitled “The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor”; the phrase “Boston Tea Party” had not yet become standard.

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→ 17 Mar 12 at 4 pm gunsandposes:

On March 15, 1781, these dudes fired their muskets at someone they didn’t particularly like.

tags: american revolution Liberty Liberty Tree Dont tread on me America History New World England

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→ 11 Mar 12 at 7 pm yeoldefashion:

This sketch of Cecily Heron, youngest daughter of Sir Thomas More, was drawn by Hans Holbein the Younger in 1526 or 1527.

Cecily has had simple ties added to her bodice to accommodate for her pregnant figure.

(via pitselly)

tags: the art here is just really cool it's fun seeing unfinished old old paintings still done in an old style but sketchy? idk art fashion history