Lawrence Hartshorne
Lawrence Hartshorne (July 1, 1755 – March 10, 1822) was a Canadians, Canadian merchant and political figure based in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1793 to 1799. He was a Quaker who was the chief assistant of abolitionist John Clarkson (abolitionist), John Clarkson in helping Black Nova Scotians, Black Nova Scotian settlers emigrate to Sierra Leone in 1792 He is recorded in the Book of Negroes for having freed four slaves. He was born in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, the son of John Hartshorne and Lucy Saltar, and came to Nova Scotia during the American Revolution as a Loyalist (American Revolution), loyalist in 1783. In 1780, he married Elizabeth Ustick. He became a hardware dealer in City of Halifax, Halifax. Hartshorne built a grist mill and bakery around 1792. He married the widow Abigail Tremaine in 1802 after the death of his first wife. Hartshorne served as a member of Nova Scotia's Nov ...
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