'' Rough Crossings '' then follows the subsequent fate of the Black Loyalists , many of them escaped slaves , who , after the British defeat , were sent to Nova Scotia ( then still a colony within British North America ) , where they received a cold welcome , including suffering the first race riots on the continent . Some stayed there , but others settled in what was to become Sierra Leone . The descendants of those who settled in Freetown are part of the Sierra Leone Creole people , with strong ancestral ties with the United States , the Caribbean , and Canada
the first race riots
Shelburne riots
Rough Crossings