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Our Ancestors Were Messy
Coco Hill Productions
The Revolutionary Black Loyalists! Live with BA Parker and Gene Demby
JUL 8, 202673 MIN
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Description
Thousands of our ancestors escaped slavery during the American Revolution, fought for the British on the promise of freedom, and left an outsized legacy in the US, Canada, and beyond. Starring the co-hosts of Code Switch B.A. Parker and Gene Demby taped live at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University in Washington, DC.
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SELECT SOURCES
The Black Loyalists of the American Revolution
Enslaved by George Washington, This Man Escaped to Freedom-and Joined the British Army
Black Loyalists Exodus to Nova Scotia
An Account of the Life of Mr. David George from SLA given by himself
George Liele
Thomas Peters
The Black Loyalist Heritage Center

