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Greene_Mr OP t1_j2p20sc wrote
THE Oak Island? :-o
Accomplished_Job_225 t1_j2perlf wrote
It's too bad the later connection with Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone was not more pronounced in Canadian history.
Terrible-Cheesecake t1_j2pknu7 wrote
Tourism Nova Scotia is trying. In 2015 the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre opened in Birchtown Nova Scotia. Approx 2 hrs south of Halifax. Well worth a visit if you’re on the South shore. https://blackloyalist.novascotia.ca/
dkl415 t1_j2plfrf wrote
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Johnson
Dwayne Johnson's descended from Black Loyalists.
Terrible-Cheesecake t1_j2plmlq wrote
Don’t know for sure but Birchtown and THE Oak island are only about 150km apart up the coast toward Halifax.
Greene_Mr OP t1_j2pp1qi wrote
Imagine Hamilton trying to depict Black Loyalists, for a second.
temporarysecretary17 t1_j2pt2zh wrote
The founding fathers got the poors to fight against taxes for them while owning slaves and using liberty as an excuse.
Scmethodist t1_j2q3dzz wrote
My Aunt actually wrote a book about them and there was even a documentary where the descendant of a former slave (and friends with my aunt) met my grandmother whose family owned her ancestors. Turns out the lady she was friends with for years was connected to her.
http://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-black-loyalists-by-ruth-holmes.html?m=1
Greene_Mr OP t1_j2q44lg wrote
Wow! :-o Are you Canadian? :-D
Scmethodist t1_j2q4a1i wrote
Nope, born and raised in South Carolina. My Aunt moved up to Canada in the 70s.
Greene_Mr OP t1_j2q4iju wrote
Ah, nifty! :-) Any specific reason why?
Scmethodist t1_j2q4r2z wrote
Knowing her it was probably in protest of the Vietnam war and also due to the overwhelming racism in the South at the time. She was heavily involved in the civil rights movement. What a lady!
getbeaverootnabooteh t1_j2q6whw wrote
North Preston, Nova Scotia is the municipality with the highest percentage of black people in Canada.
Banh_mi t1_j2qbpnr wrote
Used to be a place called N_____ Rock in N.S.? Hope it's long gone!
Outdoor_classroom t1_j2qel4v wrote
It’s also one of the best novels I’ve ever read. I think the title was changed to something different in the US, Someone Knows My Name, or something like that
Greene_Mr OP t1_j2qfkmw wrote
What a lady, indeed. :-)
Greene_Mr OP t1_j2qfn7h wrote
What's the percentage?
crusoe t1_j2qnmb5 wrote
If the US had remained part of the UK,.slavery would have ended in the US 30 years earlier....
getbeaverootnabooteh t1_j2qo9co wrote
Wikipedia says 69.4%.
Fondren_Richmond t1_j2qogcd wrote
black soldiers fighting for the british be in canada when we're finished no time for tea or crumpets or playin games like cricket or quidditch
Cornwallis and Burgoyne's plans help me get off my masters lands what's blue and white and red and black all over Yankees catchin these hands
Greene_Mr OP t1_j2qxr7p wrote
Look up Colonel Tye, sometime.
PhallusInChainz t1_j2r7fcn wrote
bolanrox t1_j2rp6f2 wrote
AveDuParc t1_j2s368n wrote
There’s a CBC TV series that aired a while ago called “Book of Negroes” that covered this.
TheMeccaNYC t1_j2s4lvr wrote
However Cornwallis ending came in a cave And we barely escaped that life as a slave The Americans with the French did stupendously beat our ass I guess here in Canada we gained freedom at last
Dyslexic_Dog25 t1_j2skbwt wrote
What's with the fs in place of s? They use S in other words..
Greene_Mr OP t1_j2t44cf wrote
It's for if there are two Ss.
Greene_Mr OP t1_j2t4d3w wrote
Sadly, Americans don't get the CBC. :-(
bolanrox t1_j2teg9l wrote
and N____ Lake in Harriman NY
talkerof5hit t1_j2tixqw wrote
He was a cabbage farmer and ended up being on of the richest men in Nova Scotia. Wonder if he found some gold.
bolanrox t1_j2tjfc6 wrote
if you watch the show? they hint that that happening? trying to write this to sound like the VO guy?
Dyslexic_Dog25 t1_j2tm98d wrote
huh, well TIL!
JoeLouie t1_j2tttam wrote
Could it be?
talkerof5hit t1_j2twnhr wrote
Sniffs wood...... definitely old.
sailor_reina t1_j36mkbe wrote
we did in buffalo
canadianredditor16 t1_j39qvco wrote
Actually one of the largest pro slavery factions in the empire was the thirteen colonies and its rebellion made the pro slavery factions lose a majority of their power
Scmethodist t1_j5d9r27 wrote
Found the documentary on YouTube. My dad is her brother Wade.
Greene_Mr OP t1_j5dawke wrote
Thank you for finding this! :-D
bolanrox t1_j2p1ft9 wrote
One owned a ton of land on the corner of oak island