Sentence examples for black settler from inspiring English sources

A bill sponsored by Representative Hans Dunshee, a Democrat, that would have replaced the Confederate president's name with that of William P. Stewart, an early black settler in the state, passed unanimously in the House.

The first free black settler in the city arrived in 1854, the year the city was incorporated.

The Southern California mountain, once named Niggerhead, then Negrohead, was renamed Ballard Mountain in 2010 after the County of Los Angeles recommended the change to the U.S. Geological Survey, to honor John Ballard, a pioneering black settler in Agoura.

Zion Church in Sparkill, where many members are descendants of early black settlers.

The farmers were arrested this month after they clashed with black settlers illegally occupying their land.

Even at a time of intense hostility to black settlers, Oluwale's plight offended beliefs in British decency and fairness.

Black settlers who had liberated themselves from American slavery were brought over from Nova Scotia and built a new settlement, named Freetown.

Followers of the movement arrived in the 1950s after Haile Selassie offered black settlers 500 acres (202 hectares) of land around Shashemene.

Gregarious, witty and entertaining, she was admired locally for her feisty attitude to authority - something that resonated among the new wave of black settlers, struggling to create a community in difficult circumstances.

(AP) AFRICA ZIMBABWE: SETTLERS FACE EVICTION -- The government said it would step up the eviction of illegal black settlers on white-owned farms, aiming at those who occupied land after a government resettlement program started in July.

In return for Mugabe enforcing law and order, Britain has agreed to pay £36m towards a programme to compensate white farmers who transfer land back to poor black settlers.