Thousands of our ancestors escaped slavery during the American Revolution, fought for the British on the promise of freedom, and left an outsized legacy in the US, Canada, and beyond. Starring writer, sociologist, and MacArthur Fellow Tressie McMillian Cottom taped live on Juneteenth at the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU in Richmond, VA.

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SELECT SOURCES

The Black Loyalists of the American Revolution
Enslaved by George Washington, This Man Escaped to Freedom-and Joined the British Army
Black Loyalists Exodus to Nova Scotia
An Account of the Life of Mr. David George from SLA given by himself
George Liele
Thomas Peters
The Black Loyalist Heritage Center

The Revolutionary Black Loyalists! Live with Tressie McMillan Cottom

Our Ancestors Were Messy

The Revolutionary Black Loyalists! Live with Tressie McMillan Cottom