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[http://www.blackloyalist.info/ '''Black Loyalist'''], created by The University of Sydney, includes biographical information about approximately 1,000 black loyalists from the Norfolk, Virginia area.<ref>Dick Eastman, "Black Loyalist Web Site," ''Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter,'' 1 May 2011, http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2011/05/black-loyalist-web-site.html.</ref> | [http://www.blackloyalist.info/ '''Black Loyalist'''], created by The University of Sydney, includes biographical information about approximately 1,000 black loyalists from the Norfolk, Virginia area.<ref>Dick Eastman, "Black Loyalist Web Site," ''Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter,'' 1 May 2011, http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2011/05/black-loyalist-web-site.html.</ref> | ||
===== Early | ===== Early Migrations Out of Virginia ===== | ||
In the colonial period, slaves were taken by Virginia slave masters into areas where white settlements appeared, such as [[North Carolina|North Carolina]], [[Georgia|Georgia]], [[Kentucky|Kentucky]], and [[Tennessee|Tennessee]]. | In the colonial period, slaves were taken by Virginia slave masters into areas where white settlements appeared, such as [[North Carolina|North Carolina]], [[Georgia|Georgia]], [[Kentucky|Kentucky]], and [[Tennessee|Tennessee]]. | ||