 According to a 1783 report, 73 Blacks arrived in Halifax from New York.Of the 4007 Blacks who came to Nova Scotia in 1783 as part of promised resettlement by the Crown, 69% (2775) were free, 35% (1423) were former British soldiers, and 31% (1232) were slaves of white Loyalists.While 41 former slaves were sent to Dartmouth, none were sent to Halifax.