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African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition
URL: http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/africanns/

Description:
"This virtual exhibit celebrates the lives of Barbary (Barbara) Cuffy, Rose Fortune, Lydia Jackson, Richard Preston, Gabriel Hall, and the many other [of the 10,000] African Nova Scotians who arrived" between 1749 and 1816. Features illustrated essays (covering 1749-1834) and a searchable database of names of about 5000 early African Nova Scotians. In English and French. From Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, Province of Nova Scotia, Canada.

LII Topics: Black Resources, Canada, History By Place, Slavery, Abolition, & Emancipation

Publisher:
Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management

Extra Keywords
black history Halifax

LII Database Information:
Record 25313 created by Jennifer English on 01/23/2008
Last modification on 01/24/2008
Published: 01/31/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25313

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