Loyalist Donations
There are many opportunities to help the Black Loyalist Heritage Society of Nova Scotia rebuild their Reference Library after the disastrous fire in the spring of 2006. With the significant loss of books and other reference materials, the Society decided to develop a "Sponsor-A-Book" programme, which is being managed through the Whirligig Bookshop. They provided Betty Camp of The Whirligig Book Shop in Shelburne with a wish list which included Carleton’s Loyalist Index and The Loyalists, Pioneers and Settlers of the Maritimes. The Sir Guy Carleton Branch has already shipped a copy of the first and Fred Hayward has mailed a copy of the latter.
The wish list of books as of November 2007 may help you become directly involved in the rebuilding of their library. If you would like to “Sponsor-a-Book” from the list, contact the Whirligig Book Shop at 1-902-875-1117 or email: the.whirligig@ns.sympatico.ca. They will locate the missing copy, inform you of the cost and provide a tax receipt for your donation.
The following are books which the Society requests. The title is followed by the author, publisher, and ISBN (when available).
The African Canadian Church: A Stabilizer
Dorothy Shadd Shreve
Jordan Station, Ontario: Paideia Press 1983Back To Africa: George Ross & The Maroons
Mavis C. CampbellBear River Untapped Roots
Florence L. BauldBlack Canadians: History, Experience, Social Conditions
Joseph MensahThe Black Canadians: Their History and Contributions
Velma Carter & Lee CarterThe Black Presence In The Era Of The American Revolution 1770-1800
Sidney KaplanBlacks in Early Canada: The Freedom Seekers
Daniel G. HillBlacks In The American Revolution
Philip S. FonerCanadian Black Studies
Bridgial PachaiCharlotte Lane, Shelburne, N.S.
Lewis V. RobertsonThe Church and Slavery
James H. ThornwellChurches of Shelburne County
Deborah Nickerson & Darren Jacklyn
Shelburne County Genealogical SocietyCollections Of The NS Historical Society For The Years 1896-98 Vol. X
Nova Scotia Historical SocietyThe Diary Of Simeon Perkins, Liverpool, N.S. (Five Volumes)
1766-1780 XXIX; 1780-1789 XXXVI; 1790-1796 XXXIX; 1797-1803 XLIII; 1804-1812 V.
Edited by Charles Bruce Ferguson
Toronto: Harold A. Innis / The Champlain Society, 1948The Freedom-Seekers: Blacks in Early Canada
Daniel G. Hill
Agincourt: The Book Society of Canada Limited, 1981From Slavery To Freedom: The Life of David George, Pioneer Black Baptist Minister
Grant Gordon
Hantsport: Lancelot Press), 1992In This Place: Black Arts In NS
Pearse & WoodsThe Loyal Blacks
Ellen Gibson Wilson
New York: Capricorn Books, 1976A New History Of Sierra Leone
Joe A.D. AlieOxford Canadian Dictionary
Oxford University PressRacial Discrimination In Canada: The Black Experience
James W. St. G. WalkerReligious Marriages In Halifax, N.S.
Terrence C. Punch, Publication Number 16
Genealogical Association Of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS 1991Searching For An Identity: Research
Leonard Ashe Jr. / Sonja Crawford / Nancy MacleanSpirits Of The Passage: The Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Seventeenth Century
Madeline Burnside & Rosemarie RobothamStanding On Holy Ground: A Triumph Over Hate Crime in the Deep South
Sandra E. Johnson
St. Martin’s PressThe Story of Phyllis Wheatley: Poetess of the American Revolution
Shirley GrahamTelling The Truth: Segregated Schools In NS
Gertrude Tynes & Doris EvansTowards Freedom: The African-Canadian Experience
Alexander, Ken and Avis Glaze
Toronto: Umbrella Press, 1996Trials and Triumphs: The Story of African Canadians
Lawrence Hill
Umbrella press 1996
ISBN 1-895642-09-4 (This book written for children 10-13 yrs)
Available from A Different Drummer Books, Burlington, ONAn Unclouded Day
Cherry M. ParisVeterans of Shelburne County Vols.I-III
Shelburne County Genealogical SocietyVictorious in Defeat: The Loyalists In Canada
Wallace Brown and Hereward Senior
Toronto: Methuen Publications, 1984The West Indians In Canada
James W. St. G. WalkerWomen of Vision: The Story of the Canadian Negro Women’s Association, 1951-1976
Lawrence Hill
Umbrella press 1996
ISBN 1-895642-18-3
Available from A Different Drummer Books, Burlington, ON
Donations can be made directly to the BLHS office or to any Branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia for the Black Loyalist Heritage Society Recovery Fund. Shari Shortliffe, Office Administrator, can be reached at blackloyalist@xplornet.com or Box 1194,Shelburne, NS, B0T 1W0. Their website is blackloyalist.com.
As requested by the delegates at the 2006 Annual Meeting, the Finance Committee of UELAC authorized a donation of $5000.00 to the Black Loyalist Heritage Society to assist them in their recovery. The cheque was presented to the newly elected President of the BLHS, Richard Gallion on Monday, September 18th at 2pm by Lewis Perry UE, President of the Halifax/Dartmouth Branch of UELAC. Daryl Currie UE, Past-President of the Governor Simcoe Branch of UELAC was also on hand to present the Society with a Loyalist flag.
Individual members and Branches were also encouraged to contribute on their own.