When the Black Refugees settled in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, the government was reluctant to give them clear title to the lots surveyed for them. The usual practice was to give them a location, or land, ticket instead of a land grant. Special land tickets were prepared for the so-called "African Settlement" near Loch Lomond, New Brunswick. This is a copy of the only ticket that has survived. It was the only document that the blacks could produce to show their right to occupy a lot until grants were finally issued in 1836.
