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| Photo: William Hall |
The early on Africans who settled inward Nova Scotia were primarily fleeing from colonial America. William Hall's parents, Jacob too Lucy Hall, escaped slavery from either Maryland or Virginia -- depending on the commentator -- during the War of 1812. The Hall identify unit of measurement arrived inward Nova Scotia every bit purpose of the
Black Refugee movement whereby Africans were brought to Canada past times the British Royal Navy inward telephone substitution for their assistance inward resisting the rebelling British colony that would later on larn known every bit the U.S.A. of America.
During the War of 1812, the British frigate Leonard intercepted a slave send natural springtime from Africa to the U.S.A. too forced it to deposit its “ivory cargo” at Halifax. Among the freed captives hitherto marked to endure auctioned every bit slaves inward the southern states was William Hall’s manly somebody raise Jacob. Hall’s mother, Lucinda, who was a slave on a plantation only about Washington, escaped her bondage when the British sacked too ready burn to the American capital. She boarded i of the British warships that had conducted the raid too pose into Halifax afterwards. - Excerpt from "Canada And The Victoria Cross: Of Rebellion And Rescue," by Arthur Bishop, March 1, 2004, Legion Magazine.
Born Apr 15, 1827 at Horton, Nova Scotia,
William Hall (born William Edward) worked inward Nova Scotian shipyards earlier going to body of body of water alongside trading vessels at the historic menstruation of 17 years. From 1847 to 1849, Hall served inward the American merchant navy aboard the
USS Ohio. On Jan 4, 1847, the
Ohio sailed for the Gulf of United Mexican States arriving at Veracruz on March 22, 1847 to aid inward the siege of the metropolis inward the Mexican-American War. Veracruz shortly surrendered.
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| Bombardment of Sebastopol past times HMS Rodney, Crimean War (1854) |
Hall enlisted inward Royal Navy on Feb 2, 1852, too served on the flagship
Victory. He entered the Crimean War inward 1954, serving on the
Rodney. He every bit good served on the
Shannon every bit Captain of the Foretop
. In 1857, he won the Victoria Cross for bravery spell fighting inward the Siege of Lucknow inward what is known past times the British every bit the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He was the showtime somebody of African descent too the showtime Canadian to win the Victoria Cross, the highest accolade for bravery inward the British Royal Navy.
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| Image: 2010 Canadian postal postage stamp trial of William Hall. |
Hall retired from the colonial wars to Horton Bluff, Nova Scotia. He died on August 25, 1904 too was buried at Lockhartville at the Hantsport Baptist Church Cemetery.
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