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black pilot Hist. 
See 1933 quote.
- 1789 (1934) Know all men by these presents that we, London Jackson, Richard Leah, James Robertson and Jane Thompson mother of James Jackson, deceased,--black pilots now in Shelburne in the province of Nova Scotia . . . do fully . . . sell . . . a certain tract . . . of land . . . on the east side of McNutt's Island. . . .
- 1933 (1934) Before the light was built, negroes used to live on the east side [of McNutt's Island]. They piloted vessels in and out of the harbour and were known as "Black Pilots." The building of the light put the black pilots out of commission.
- 1789 (1934) Know all men by these presents that we, London Jackson, Richard Leah, James Robertson and Jane Thompson mother of James Jackson, deceased,--black pilots now in Shelburne in the province of Nova Scotia . . . do fully . . . sell . . . a certain tract . . . of land . . . on the east side of McNutt's Island. . . .