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While most Black people who arrived in Nova Scotia during the American Revolution were free, others were not. [73] Enslaved Black peoples also arrived in Nova Scotia as the property of White American Loyalists. [74] In 1772, prior to the American Revolution, Britain outlawed the slave trade in the British Isles followed by the Knight v.
Corrine Sparks, first African Nova Scotian to be appointed to the judiciary and first African Canadian woman to serve on the bench. Edith Hester McDonald-Brown, considered first documented Black female painter in Canadian art history. John Paris Jr., the first Black person to coach a pro hockey team.
The gravestone of Lawrence Hartshorne, a Quaker who was the chief assistant of John Clarkson. [1] [2]The Nova Scotian Settlers, or Sierra Leone Settlers (also known as the Nova Scotians or more commonly as the Settlers), were African Americans and Black Canadians of African-American descent who founded the settlement of Freetown, Sierra Leone and the Colony of Sierra Leone, on March 11, 1792.
This is a category for Black Nova Scotians, those of full Black Nova Scotian ancestry or of partial ancestry who self-identify themselves as Black Nova Scotian. For people of partial ancestry whose self-identity is not verifiable see Category:People of Black Nova Scotian descent. Canada portal; United States portal
North Preston is a community located in Nova Scotia, Canada within the Halifax Regional Municipality. [2] [3] The community is populated primarily by Black Nova Scotians. North Preston is the largest Black community in Nova Scotia by population, and has the highest concentration of African Canadians in Canada. [4]
As a result, 1,196 Black settlers in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia left for Sierra Leone, following planning from Thomas Peters. [11] An additional wave of 371 African-American refugees arrived in 1815, following the War of 1812. [10] In the early 1800s, one of Canada's first Black settlements, Elm Hill, was founded by Black loyalists. [12]
Accordingly, Preston, along with Septimus Clarke, are credited as co-founders of the African United Baptist Association, a network of Black Baptist churches throughout Nova Scotia. [4] [7] [8] While the community never officially was established, the first land transaction documented on paper was dated 1848.
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