Black and White Loyalists

As a result of the recruitment efforts of Peters and John Clarkson of the Sierra Leone Company, a total of 1196 Black Loyalists agreed to resettle and embarked at Halifax on January 9, 1792. Of these, nearly 600 were from the Birchtown-Shelburne area, 220 from the Preston area, 180 from the Annapolis-Digby area, and 200 from Quaco, New Brunswick. The fleet of 15 ships got underway on January 15 and arrived in Freetown Harbour between February 26 and March 9, 1792.