VISUAL ACTIVITY Black Loyalists in Canada: Passport to Freedom This black woodcutter in Nova Scotia was one of three thousand black loyalists who moved to Canada between 1783 and 1785. The inset shows a passport issued by the British high command to Cato Rammsay, permitting him to leave New York in 1783. Very few of the Nova Scotia refugees were able to acquire land, forcing most to become laborers for whites. Low wages created dissatisfaction, and in 1791– 0- 8-