Thomas Peters

Black Loyalist founding father of Sierra Leone

Thomas Peters (born Thomas Potters; 1738 – 25 June 1792) was a veteran of the Black Pioneers, fighting for the British in the American Revolutionary War. A Black Loyalist, he was resettled in Nova Scotia, where he became a politician and one of the "Founding Fathers" of the nation of Sierra Leone in West Africa. Peters was among a group of influential Black Canadians who pressed the Crown to fulfill its commitment for land grants in Nova Scotia.

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