http://collections.ic.gc.ca/blackloyalists/documents/official/black_loyalist_directory.htm The Book Of Negroes Presented online for the first time, the full text of the list of blacks evacuated from New York at the end of the war. Black Loyalist Directory(book one) Ship Sovereign bound for St. John's River William Stewart, Master George Black, 40, stout fellow, (Jere Ketcham). Formerly slave to Josiah Portress, Petersburg, Virginia; left him 4 years past. GBC. Betsey Black, 35, ordinary wench, (Jere Ketcham). Formerly slave to Josiah Portress, Petersburg, Virginia; left him 4 years past. GBC. William Black, 14, fine boy, (Jere Ketcham). Formerly slave to Josiah Portress, Petersburg, Virginia; left him 4 years past. *****I am assuming that this is the kickoff to the Liberian Movement, there are no dates written on the pages but looking at the first page, it's along the lines of the Revolutionary War and just prior to Liberia.