In 1792, where did some Black Nova Scotians move to establish a new colony for freed slaves?

Discover Canada records this part of the Loyalist story precisely. The guide writes: About 3,000 black Loyalists, freedmen and slaves came north seeking a better life. In turn, in 1792, some black Nova Scotians, who were given poor land, moved on to establish Freetown, Sierra Leone (West Africa), a new British colony for freed slaves. The destination the test wants is therefore Sierra Leone — specifically the city of Freetown, located in West Africa.

The story behind the answer is what makes it test-worthy. After the American Revolution and the Loyalist migration to Canada in the late 1700s, the roughly 3,000 black Loyalists who came north included free people and people fleeing slavery. Discover Canada says many were settled in Nova Scotia. The guide is unusually frank about what followed: they "were given poor land," a phrase that does not soften the disappointment. The 1792 onward-migration to Sierra Leone is the response — a chance at a new colony specifically "for freed slaves."

Two facts about that destination are worth pinning down. First, Discover Canada says the colony was British, not Canadian or American — "a new British colony for freed slaves." Second, the place name in the guide is Freetown, the city, in Sierra Leone, the territory in West Africa. So the answer to "where" is the country: Sierra Leone.

The 1792 Sierra Leone link matters because Discover Canada uses it to broaden the story of who came to and from Canada. New citizens are expected to know that Canada's history includes a transatlantic black-Loyalist movement that did not stop in Nova Scotia.

The guide's tone here is also worth noting. By recording that black Loyalists "were given poor land", Discover Canada openly acknowledges discrimination as part of the historical record — the guide does not erase it. The fact that some of those settlers then helped establish Freetown shows how the Loyalist migration is part of a larger story of freedom-seeking that runs from the American Revolution through Nova Scotia and on to West Africa.