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Historical Dates of Black Settlement
1606
Mathieu DaCosta part of exploration party of Samuel DeChamplain
1686
La Liberté, a negro mentioned in a census of Acadians
1700 to 1758
Africans at Fortress Louisbourg
1749
Africans settle Halifax with Cornwallis group
1750's
Africans arrive in Province with New England Planters
1773
Pictou landing, Blacks with the Philadelphia grant
1775-1783
arrival of Black Loyalists; main contigency arriving in 1783
1792
Emigration of a major portion of Black Loyalist settlers to Sierra Leone, Africa
1196 persons destined to emigrate
1796
June: 543 Trelawney Maroons arrive from Jamaica aboard three transports
1800
October: Emigration of most of the Maroons to Sierra Leone, Africa
Some remain and settle Maroon Hill (Boydville)
1807
Slave trade abolished in British Empire; institution of Slavery itself persists
1812-1815
2000 Black Refugees from the War of 1812 in the United States arrive in Nova Scotia
1821
April: 95 Black Refugees emigrate to Trinidad
1834
institution of Slavery in British Colonies abolished; it is no longer legal to enslave people
1854
African Baptist Association formed
1857
William Hall granted Victoria Cross
1916
No.2 Construction Battalion formed
1954
segregated schools officially abolished
1964-70
Africville community demolished and residents relocated
2000+
the struggle continues
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