Favoring the British Crown: enslaved Blacks, Annapolis, and the run to freedom [Part 3]
Continued from Part 2
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[6] The ten children born free were: Jonny, Patty, John Ceasor, Peter, Robert, George, Harry, Jonathan, Sally Nelis, and Agnes Reddick. The 16 born enslaved were: Sam, Ned, Lettius, Mary, Prudence, Edward, Valentine, Nanny, Judy, Joseph Reddick, Elsey Reddick, Joseph, Jenny, Andrew, Phebe,and Dempse.
[7] The "likely wench[s]" were Phillis, Seelah, Kitty, and Phillis Gordon. The "ordinary wench[s]" were Pleasant, Betsey, Molly (incurably lame of left arm), and Rose Wright. The "stout wench[s]" were Esther, Dorothy Bush, Mary Perth, Hannah Flemming, Fanny Brown ("Stout Lump of a Wench"), Wynce Gordon, Jane Halladay, Barbara Hancock, Peggy ("stout wench with 3 children 8, 5 and 4 months"), Rachel, Tilla Mosley, Patty Mosley ("stout wench,with child 2months"), Dinah Mitchell ("Stout healthy Negres with child in her arms. Left Charlestown from whence she was ordered by Dr. Humphry of the York Volunteers. then the property of Mitchel"), Jane Nelis, Nancy, Tamar Stewart ("stout wench, 3 small children"), Peggy Richards, Judith Johnson, and Dolly Wilkinson ("stout wench on her own bottom"). Patience was called a "likely girl," Nancy Howard was called a "neat wench," Chloe Johnson was called a "fine girl," Nancy Sparrow was called a "feeble wench" and Mary Steel was called a "fine wench."
[8] Gary Nash, Red, White & Black: The Peoples of Early North America (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000, Fourth Edition), 276. On pages 274-279, Nash focuses on Black "Loyalists," while on pages 280-284 he focuses on Blacks who stayed in America.
[9] The Nova Scotia archives has varied results when one searches for "Birchtown."
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1880s Names
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Boys
Abel, Abraham, Adam, Addison, Adelbert, Alexander, Alfred, Aloysius, Alphonse, Ambrose, Amos, Anderson, Andrew, Angus, Anthony, Anton, Archibald, Art, Arthur, Aubrey, August, Augustine, Augustus, Avery
Girls
Ada, Adelaide, Adele, Adeline, Agatha, Agnes, Alice, Alma, Almeda, Alta, Anastasia, Angeline, Anna, Annabelle, Anne, Arizona, Augusta, Augustine, Aurelia, Aurora
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Boys
Barney, Benjamin, Bennett, Bernard, Bishop, Bradford
Girls
Beatrice, Bernadette, Bess, Bessie, Beulah, Birdie
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Carlton, Carson, Casper, Cassius, Cecil, Charles, Chauncey, Chester, Christian, Christopher, Clarence, Claude, Clement, Clifford, Coleman, Conrad, Cornelius, Curtis
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Camille, Caroline, Catherine, Cecilia, Celestia, Celestine, Celia, Charity, Charlotte, Christine, Claire, Clara, Clarice, Claudia, Clementine, Conception, Constance, Corda, Cordelia, Cornelia
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Edith, Edmonia, Effie, Elaine, Elda, Eldora, Eleanor, Elise, Eliza, Elizabeth, Ella, Elma, Elnora, Eloise, Elsa, Elsie, Emily, Emma, Emmaline, Era, Erma, Erna, Ernestine, Essie, Esta, Estella, Estelle, Esther, Ethel, Ethelyn, Etta, Eudora, Eugenia, Eula, Eulalia, Eunice, Euphemia
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Felix, Ferdinand, Francis, Franklin, Frederick, Fredrick
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Fanny, Fay, Felicia, Fern, Fidelia, Flora, Florence, Florida, Francis
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Gabriel, Garrett, General, George, Gideon, Giles, Golden, Gregory
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Geneva, Genevieve, Georgia, Georgie, Goldie, Grace, Gwendolyn
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Harmon, Harold, Harris, Harrison, Henry, Hollis, Homer, Horace, Howard, Howard, Howell, Hugo
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Harriett, Hattie, Henrietta, Hester, Honora, Hope, Hortense
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Irving
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Jane, Josephine, Judith, Julia, Julie, Juliet, June
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Kenneth
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Kathleen
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Lawrence, Lawson, Leander, Leonard, Lewis, Lionel, Logan, Lucien, Lucius, Luther, Lyman
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Lacy, Lillian, Lilly, Louise, Lucia, Lucille, Lucinda, Lucretia, Lucy
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Major, Malcolm, Marcus, Marshall, Martin, Mason, Mathias, Matthew, Maurice, Maxwell, Michael, Miles, Milo, Milton, Monroe, Morgan, Mortimer
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Mabel, Madeline, Magnolia, Marie, Mary, Matilda, Maude, May, Melinda, Mildred, Millicent, Millie, Minerva, Minnie, Miriam, Missouri, Mollie, Mona
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Nathan, Nathaniel, Neil, Nelson, Newton, Nicholas, Noah, Noel, Norman, Norris
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Netta, Nettie, Nevada, Nona, Nora, Norah, Norma
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Oliver, Oren, Orson, Otis, Otto, Owen
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Odelia, Odessa, Ola, Olive, Ona, Opal, Ophelia, Ora, Orpha, Ottilie
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Patrick, Percival, Percy, Peter, Phillip, Pierce, Pleasant
Girls
Pansy, Parthenia, Patience, Pearl, Penelope, Permelia, Philomena, Phoebe, Polly, Priscilla, Prudence
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Quincy
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Raymond, Richard, Richmond, Robert, Rodney, Roger, Ross
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Rita, Rosalie, Rose, Rowena, Ruby, Ruth
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Samuel, Seymore, Sidney, Silas, Simon, Solomon, Stanley, Stephan, Sterling, Stewart, Sylvester
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Samantha, Sophronia
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Thaddeus, Theodore, Thomas, Thorton, Tillman, Timothy, Tobias, Truman
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Tennessee, Thelma, Theodora, Theodosia, Theresa, Tillie
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Ulysses
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Una
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Valentine, Vernon, Victor, Vincent, Virgil
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Vera, Verona, Vesta, Victoria, Viola, Violet, Virginia, Vivian
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Walker, Wallace, Walter, Warren, Watson, Webster, Wesley, Wilber, Wilbert, Wilbur, Wiley, Wilfred, Willam, Willard, William, Wilson, Winfield
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Wilda, Wilhelmina, Wilma, Winifred, Winnifred, Winona
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Zella, Zora
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