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Died:
William Edward Hall[1] VC (28 April 1827 – 27 August 1904) was the first Black person, first Nova Scotian, and third Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross. He received the medal for his actions in the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion. Hall and an officer from his ship continued to load and fire a 24-pounder gun at the walls after the rest of the party had been killed or injured by the defenders.

Buried:
Later removed to the grounds of Hantsport Baptist Church where a cairn was erected.

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Birth:
Jacob Hall was the slave of Robert Dunkinson, who lived in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Jacob and another slave, Abram, escaped from Dunkinson during the War of 1812, when the British military set up a blockade on Maryland waterways. The British offered immediate emancipation to any slave who would fight with the British in the war against America. Jacob Hall went on board the British ship Havannah with at least eight other fugitive slaves from St. Mary's County. Following his escape, Jacob Hall went with a British officer to the home of George Loker to retrieve his wife Lucinda "Lucy" Hall and their daughter Letty. In addition, six other slaves escaped to the Havannah from Loker's property. The refugees boarded His Majesty's Ship Havannah were later transferred to H.M.S. Orlando. They were carried to Tangier Island, where they remained until after the war.

After the war Jacob Hall and his family were carried to Nova Scotia. The Hall family settled in the Annapolis Valley community of Horton Bluff in Nova Scotia. Jacob and Lucy Hall had seven more children, including William Hall.

- Maryland State Archives

Jacob married Lucinda. Lucinda was born about 1794; died on 21 Sep 1883 in Horton Bluff, Kings, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
On Sunday, February 19, 1815, twenty-one-year-old Lucinda Hall and six others left their enslavement on George Loker\'s farm and boarded the British frigate Havannah. She escaped with six others, including Leah Hantes, Margaret Clem and her three daughters, and Hall\'s daughter Letty Hall. Lucy\'s husband, Jacob Hall, a slave of Robert Dunkinson, had already escaped to the ship when she and her daughter came on board. All seven slaves were transferred to the Orlando on February 27, 1827. Four of Hall\'s fellow slaves—Margaret Clem and her three daughters—were listed among slaves who arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, between 1815 and 1818.

Maryland State Archives