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Elizah Laston (b.1759) freed herself and left enslavement in Maryland in 1777. She departed New York City for Port Mattoon [Port Mouton], Nova Scotia on 30 November 1783 with her son Charles Laston.
Some themes her Inspection Roll entry suggest include family experience, migration, and military service.
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12020-06-29T00:56:09+00:00Kyle Roberts91c1244de3e15a3c1e939706082536342dfd2d2dInspection Roll Book No. 3 (1783)Kyle Roberts4plain2020-08-26T12:37:31+00:00Kyle Roberts91c1244de3e15a3c1e939706082536342dfd2d2d
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12020-06-29T00:47:35+00:00Inspection Roll Book 3 - Page 1463plain2020-08-03T16:15:29+00:00Stewart, JamesSmith, JosephLaston, ElizahLaston, CharlesBook 3Guy Carleton, 1st Baron DorchesterInspection_roll_book_3_page146JPEGNew York City, New YorkBook of Negroes registered by the Commissioners and embarked from New York between 23 April and 31 July 1783; Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers, (PRO 30/55/100) 10427, The National Archives, Kew, England. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3070438Manuscript.Elizabeth Lilly
