The arrival of blacks in Canada is a very interesting topic. In 1606 Mattieu DaCosta, a translator for a European ship called the Jonas, was the first recorded black man in Canadian history (Portuguese era). His job was to translate the language of the "MicMac" Indians during trades during the Pierre de Gua expedition. Later, in 1628, a British ship sailed up the St. Lawrence River to New France. In his cargo was a single black child from Madagascar. This child, who was six years old at the time, was possessed by David Kirke, a famous privateer who, with the blessing of King Charles I, was carrying out raids on the young French colonies. The African child was Canada's first known black resident. He came as a slave. The following year David Kirke captured Quebec City from Samual deChamplain, its founder. In 1713, the French territory of Acadia was ceded to the English by the Treaty of Utrecht. Southern New England settlers moved north to the area, which was renamed Nova Scotia on July 4, 1776, during the Canadian War for Independence. At that time there were approximately 500,000 blacks that the French and English were counting on to help them fight for their (blacks) freedom. The first rebel to be killed was black, Chris Pazatex. A fifth of them were killed. After the end of the war the English somehow kept their promise. The promise of freedom and relocation of slaves to Nova Scotia. However, only 1 in 10 of those who moved were black. The promise was land, but only a few received and owned the land. Most worked in white homes for a quarter of their wages. Most of the black loyalists were transported between April and September 1783.