Thomas Peters (Q491307)
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HC-PER-37638
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Thomas Peters
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Slave
Loyalist (American Revolution)
Enslaved. Free before 13th Amendment. A West African-born Loyalist who was resettled to Nova Scotia after the Revolutionary War, Peters traveled to London in 1790 to petition the resettlement of Nova Scotia blacks to West Africa. 1200 individuals joined Peters in migrating to Sierra Leone.