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The Black Loyalists founded settlements throughout Nova Scotia. The largest was at Birchtown, near Shelburne, with an initial population of about 1500. Birchtown today is the home of the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre. #AHM2021 #AfricanHeritageMonth blackloyalist.novascotia.ca
See the names of the Black Loyalists etched in glass at the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre. The "Book of Negroes" is the hand-written list of Black passengers leaving from New York to Nova Scotia between April 23 and November 30, 1783. #AHM2021 #AfricanHeritageMonth
At the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre you can explore the virtual copy of the "Book of Negroes" and search for your ancestor who may have experienced part of this incredible journey. #AHM2021 #AfricanHeritageMonth blackloyalist.novascotia.ca/what-see-do
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The 2021 African Heritage Month theme, Black History Matters: Listen, Learn, Share and Act, recognizes the important legacy of people of African descent and the long-standing history in the development of Canada. #AHM2021
The theme brings focus and increased awareness of racialized issues of a community that has overcome great adversity for inclusion. It further calls on us to listen, learn, share and act to make society a better place. #AHM2021 ahm.bccnsweb.com/wp/home/
Nova Scotia has over 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities with a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. #AHM2021 ansa.novascotia.ca/community
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