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Leaders of Africans in Nova Scotia, Canada (D).
Thomas Peters
Moses Wilkinson
D AD 1783. During the American
War of Independence, Britain
promises protection, freedom, and
land to any enslaved African who
flees his or her American master.
Three thousand liberated Africans
settle in Nova Scotia, part of
modern-day Canada, after the war.
Thomas Peters, Moses Wilkinson,
and David George are the spiritual
and political leaders of these
Africans in Nova Scotia.
E AD 1784. John Wesley—
revivalist, evangelist, and leader
of the Methodist movement in
the Church of England—ordains
missionary “superintendents” for
America. This action leads to the
separation of Methodism from the
Church of England. Methodists
mobilised large numbers of both
African Americans and white
Americans for missions to Africa
in the nineteenth century.
David George
B
AD 1730
AD 1740
AD 1750
C
AD 1760
Olaudah Equiano (F).
AD 1770
AD 1780
D E
AD 1790
F
G H
AD 1800
I
AD 1810
J
F AD 1789. Olaudah Equiano
publishes his autobiography
in London. Equiano, a former
Nigerian slave in the Americas who
bought his freedom and becomes
a Christian, campaigns against
slavery and inspires Protestant
interest in missions to Africa.
G AD 1792. A successful colony
is established in Sierra Leone
after earlier efforts in 1787 were
unstable. More than 1,000 freed
slaves arrive from Nova Scotia,
Canada and ensure the future
of the colony.