Loyalist's Point of View Part 2

Hello this is Rebecca Nokatomi blogging live from the loyalist’s point of view. A group of loyalists were former slaves from the Thirteen Colonies a.k.a the patriots. Slavery was legal in all of North American colonies until the mid-nineteenth century. Slaves owned by rebels had freedom promised to them if they helped the British. Most people making up the population were forced to work for other settlers with worse wages than being a slave. They have to settle on poor land, outside towns, making everything harder. We have a special guest here today, his name is Thomas Peters. He was a black loyalist, and went to Nova Scotia with a group of Black Pioneers. Most of the Black Loyalists had trouble getting farms. The Black Loyalists got about half a hectare each, when other Loyalists got millions of hectares. Thomas wrote petitions on behalf of Black Loyalists, because they were loyalists, and they were being penalized for being black? When his petitions were rejected, he went to present them to the crown. Once again, rejected. While in London, Thomas caught the attention of the Sierre Leone Company. This company was run by abolitionists (people trying to stop slavery). This company was trying to make an establishment to free slaves in Sierre Leone, Africa. This is Rebecca Nokatomi blogging live from the loyalist’s point of view.