Moving On: Black Loyalists in the Afro-Atlantic World

During the American Revolution tens of thousands of colonists loyal to Britain left the colonies and resettled in Canada, Britain, and the Carribean. Among them were a substantial number of black loyalists. This groundbreaking study explores the lives, struggles, and politics of black loyalists who dispersed throughout the Atlantic region, including Canada, Britain, Sierra Leone, and Jamaica. The struggles of these populations, a "diaspora within a diaspora," for political and economic independence under various British colonial regimes highlight the variety of challenges which faced black loyalists in the Afro-Atlantic World.

Nemata Blyden is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas at Dallas Todd W. Braisted is an independent scholar affiliated with the Bergen County Revolutionary War Roundtable, the Company of Military Historians, and the 4th Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers Wallace Brown is a professor of history at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick Claude A. Clegg, III is a professor of history at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University at Greensboro Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina is a professor of English at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York Laird Niven and Stephen A. Davis are historical archaeologists affiliated with St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia John W. Pulis is an assistant professor of anthropology and history at the Center for African-American Studies at Adelphi University, Garden City, New York Carole Watterson Troxler is a professor of history at Elon College, North Carolina