Muster Book of Free Black Settlement of Birchtown, Port Roseway, 1784

This dataset is based on the “Muster Book of Free Black Settlement of Birchtown, Port Roseway” (original title), a register created in the summer of 1784 listing the names of Black Loyalists who established the settlement of Birchtown, in the vicinity of Shelburne, Nova Scotia. The original register is part of the Port Roseway Associates series in the Shelburne historical records collection (R16987; MG9 B9-14) preserved at Library and Archives Canada (LAC). The Port Roseway Associates was a mutual aid group formed by Loyalists who settled in Port Roseway (Shelburne), Nova Scotia, following the American Revolution. The dataset provides the name and the age of 1,498 of Black men, women and children. A digitized copy of the register on microfilm is currently available online through (H-984; images 75 to 129; pp. 107- 207). The register gives more details about the members of the Birchtown Black settlement including professions or trades, military rank and affiliation (where applicable), family ties between individuals listed, and, in some cases, information regarding provisions and temporary accommodation received at the time of their arrival.本数据集源自《罗斯韦港伯奇敦自由黑人定居点名册》（Muster Book of Free Black Settlement of Birchtown, Port Roseway，原始标题），该名册于1784年夏季编制，记录了在新斯科舍省舍伯恩（Shelburne）附近建立伯奇敦定居点的黑人效忠派人士姓名。原名册隶属于加拿大图书馆与档案馆（Library and Archives Canada, LAC）馆藏的舍伯恩历史档案合集（档案编号：R16987；MG9 B9-14）中的"罗斯韦港互助会（Port Roseway Associates）"系列档案。罗斯韦港互助会是美国独立战争结束后，定居于新斯科舍省罗斯韦港（即舍伯恩）的效忠派人士组建的互助组织。本数据集收录了1498名黑人男女及儿童的姓名与年龄信息。该名册的缩微胶片数字化副本目前可通过（档案编号：H-984；影像75至129；页码107-207）在线获取。该名册还详细记载了伯奇敦黑人定居点成员的更多信息，包括其职业或行当、军衔及隶属关系（如适用）、所登记人员间的亲属关系，部分条目还包含其抵达定居点时领取的物资供给与临时住宿相关细节。