Mary Postell
 She was born a slave to a Patriot
 She soon escaped and joined the British
 She was given her certificate of freedom
 Her certificate of freedom was taken from her, by someone
who claimed to want to see her papers
 She then went to work as a servant to Jesse Gray who
claimed her as his slave
 Jesse sold her to his brother, but bought her back when he
left for NS.
 She thought that he was going to sell her in NS, so took her
children and ran
 She was found in Birchtown and was taken to court
 She found 2 witnesses that stated she did build forts for the
British
 As they testified for her, whites were burning their homes,
and one of their children was murdered
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 Gray testified he just lost his bill of sale for her.
 It was considered that Gray proved his ownership and he
sold Mary. He also sold one of her daughters and kept
another one as his slave.
ACS 11 - Unit 3 – Black Loyalists
Rose Fortune
 Arrived in Annapolis at the age of 10
 She established herself as a baggage carrier
 She would meet ships at the port and transport
their bags in her wheelbarrow
 She also woke people up in their Inns so they
could depart in time
 She then became the police department for
Annapolis, keeping the wharf under control.
 She is considered Canada’s 1st female police
officer
 Her descendants are still in the trucking and
hauling business.
 Her great-great-granddaughter Daurene Lewis
was elected Mayor of Annapolis Royal in 1984.
She became Canada’s 1st female Black Mayor
Lydia Jackson
 She was from South Carolina was recorded in the
Book of Negroes
 She settled with her husband in Guyborough County.
 Soon later, her husband left her.
 Henry Hedley offered her to with him to be a
companion for his wife.
 After 1 week, he charged her room & board, which
she could not afford.
 She agreed to become indentured to him for 1 year to
pay off her debt.
 Lydia could not read and write and Henry tricked her
by getting her to sign a contract for 39 years.
 He then sold her Dr. Bolman of Lunenburg, who was
a very cruel master
 While she was in her last month of pregnancy,
Bolman pushed her to the ground and stomped on
her stomach
 After 3 years with him, she escaped to Halifax where
she met John Clarkson
 Clarkson recorded her story in his journal
 Lydia left for Sierra Leone in 1792
John
Clarkson’s
Journal Entry
that told her
story