Richard Pierpoint & others petition for tract of land for formerly enslaved Black farmers
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Title
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Richard Pierpoint & others petition for tract of land for formerly enslaved Black farmers
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Description
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By the 1820s, one of the main complaints from farmers in Niagara was the lack of general labourers. Lands granted to Loyalists required improvement before people could gain official title to them. Free Black men living in Niagara were given land grants as “Loyalists” but had a hard time developing those properties because they lacked family support as wives and children who were still enslaved in the American colonies. To solve this problem, in 1794, nineteen Black Loyalists delivered a petition to Governor Simcoe.
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list of authors
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Jessica Linzel
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Publisher
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Brock University
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Date Created
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2024
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