Abraham Hazeley

Abraham Hazeley was a Nova Scotian settler in Sierra Leone. He was the founder of what was to become one of the most prominent families in the country.[1]:309

Hazely was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and was one of the Black loyalists who settled in Nova Scotia in 1783.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Walker, James (1992). The Black Loyalists: The Search for a Promised Land in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone 1783-1870. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
  2. ↑ Fyfe, Christopher (1962). A History of Sierra Leone. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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