On November 25, 1783, the British marched out of New York, closing the curtain on the American Revolution. For nearly three thousand Black Loyalists, this day was not an ending. It was a leap into a new beginning. They boarded ships with their names written in the Book of Negroes, often the first time they were recorded as free people. They sailed toward Nova Scotia, the Caribbean, and other British territories, carrying hope like a small flame against a cold wind. Some would later journey to Sierra Leone, still chasing the freedom they had been promised. The good was the chance to claim that freedom. The British had offered it to enslaved people who joined their forces. The bad was the fight over their status. American leaders demanded they be returned as “property.” The British refused, but the argument showed how fragile freedom could be in the new nation. The ugly arrived in Nova Scotia. The winters were brutal, the wages were low, the land grants were broken, and discrimination followed them across the sea. Many families spent years struggling for even a piece of what they had been told they would receive. Yet their departure mattered. Evacuation Day became one of the first large-scale movements of Black Americans choosing their future for themselves. Their courage was recorded. Their journey reshaped the Black diaspora. #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory #OnThisDay #LataraSpeaksTruth #CommunityFeed