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About 900 Black Loyalists from Virginia escaped slavery and went to Nova Scotia
The year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Cardinal News has embarked on a three-year project to tell the little-known stories of Virginia’s role in the march to independence. This project is supported, in part, by a …