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On @infomorning today, I shared (in 8 minutes!) some results of the pathbreaking research we've done on the history of Nova Scotia's King's College connections to the enslavement of African people. Here's a taste:
History thread!
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History thread!
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First, we made sure the basics were covered: slavery was practiced in Nova Scotia. The trade was abolished by a British statute in 1807, and enslaved people were emancipated by an 1833 British statute. Read HA Whitfield's great book on the subject (North to Bondage).
Then I went on to new facts discovered and new significance established of well-known facts (the historians involved were me, Smardz-Frost, States, and Roper. Here’s a link to the research: ukings.ca/administration…
