Saga of Black Refugees who left N.S. 200 years ago shaped a Canadian trailblazer | Unpublished
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Publication Date: July 5, 2025 - 05:00

Saga of Black Refugees who left N.S. 200 years ago shaped a Canadian trailblazer

July 5, 2025
In 1820, 95 Black Refugees made the difficult choice to leave Nova Scotia for an uncertain future in the slave colony of Trinidad. That decision led to a fascinating achievement two centuries later in Canada.


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