Browse essays, biographies, images, and a select bibliography on the African American experience in Loyalist New Brunswick.
Becoming a Black Loyalist
If they ran away from their Patriot masters, enslaved African Americans were offered their freedom.
Black Loyalists and Land Grants in New Brunswick
African American Loyalists received smaller and less desirable land grants than those given to other Loyalists.
Slavery and the Judges of Loyalist New Brunswick
David G. Bell, “Slavery and the Judges of Loyalist New Brunswick,” University of New
Brunswick Law Journal/Revue de droit de l'Université du Nouveau-Brunswick 31 (1982): 9-42.
The Black Loyalist Myth in Atlantic Canada
Barry Cahill, "The Black Loyalist Myth in Atlantic Canada." Acadiensis 29, 1 (1999): 76-87.
The Blacks in New Brunswick
W.A. Spray, The Blacks in New Brunswick. Fredericton: Brunswick Press, 1972.
Myth, History and Revisionism: The Black Loyalists Revisited
James W. St.G. Walker, "Myth, History and Revisionism: The Black Loyalists Revisited."
Acadiensis XXIX, 1 (1999): 88-105.
A bibliography of selected print and online resources is available for those interested in pursuing the history of Black Loyalists in New Brunswick.
Read the stories and struggles of six Black Loyalists and their journeys to New Brunswick.
Browse images of artifacts, paintings, maps, and newspaper articles relating to Black Loyalist culture in colonial New Brunswick.