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Malcolm Waters
Colonel Baker is one of Malcolm Waters’s associates in the British military. He tells Aminata about Britain’s agreement to grant freedom to enslaved people who aided the Loyalist cause in the Revolutionary War, and he offers to help her relocate to Nova Scotia, a British colony where she can live as a free woman, if she helps the British compile a registry of Black Loyalists. Aminata works tirelessly for Baker and Waters, and she is appalled when they leave for England without telling her or securing her passage to Nova Scotia.
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Colonel Baker Character Timeline in The Book of Negroes
The timeline below shows where the character Colonel Baker appears in The Book of Negroes. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Book 3, Chapter 3
...by and asks to speak with her. Waters introduces Aminata to a man named Colonel Baker. Baker has heard all about Aminata, her origins in Bayo, and her many skills. He...
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...registry will be titled “Book of Negroes.” He instructs Aminata to reconvene with himself and Baker at the Fraunces Tavern tomorrow morning.
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...their new, free life in Nova Scotia, though Chekura remains wary. In September, Aminata asks Baker when she and Chekura can themselves set sail for Nova Scotia. Baker says that Chekura...
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In October, Aminata reports to work and is shocked to learn that Waters and Baker left for England. They didn’t even bother to thank her for her services. A deputy...
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