After the American Revolution, about 3,000 Black Loyalists came to Canada. Faced with challenges like poor land, where did a group of Black Nova Scotians move in 1792 to help establish a new British colony for freed slaves?

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After the American Revolution, about 3,000 Black Loyalists came to Canada. Faced with challenges like poor land, where did a group of Black Nova Scotians move in 1792 to help establish a new British colony for freed slaves?

AFreetown, Sierra Leone
BThe United States
CThe Province of Canada
DThe British West Indies

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Correct answer: A) Freetown, Sierra Leone

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In 1792, some Black Loyalists who had been given poor land in Nova Scotia chose to move to West Africa. They helped to establish Freetown in Sierra Leone, a new British colony for freed slaves.

After the American Revolution, about 3,000 Black Loyalists came to Canada. Faced with challenges like poor land, where did a group of Black Nova Scotians move in 1792 to help establish a new British colony for freed slaves?

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