The West African Kroomen and their link to Simon’s Town by Joline Young
… thousand black men, women and children, sailed away from New York between April and November 1783. However, not all … prove that they assisted the British during the war, left New York as free people, i.e. the ones who held the coveted … [xvi]Horatio Bridges, Journal of an African Cruiser, p.17 (Age is more respected by the Africans than any other people). …