"Searching for Freedom"
Comprehension Questions

1. What was the American Revolution?

2. How did so many Black Loyalists end up in Birchtown?

3. When did the Black Loyalists arrive in Birchtown?

4. Name three problems the Black Loyalists met with in Birchtown.

5. Where is Sierra Leone and why did so many Birchtown Blacks go there?

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Reading Between the Lines

1. Why do you think the British wanted to get the Rebels' slaves on their side during the Revolution?

2. Why do you think the Black Loyalists did not get everything they were promised when they came to Nova Scotia?

3. What made the Black Loyalists move from America to Nova Scotia, and from Nova Scotia to Sierra Leone

4. Why do you think the Black Loyalists named their new home in Africa "Freetown"?