In the last episode of this three-part series, “The Legacy and the Legend”, the original group of almost 1200 — now called the Nova Scotians — have been in Sierra Leone for over 200 years.They’ve become part of a larger cultural group whose in

From Canada to Sierra Leone

Apr 30th, 2024 33m 35s

In the second episode of this three-part series, “From Canada to Sierra Leone”, a group of almost 1200 Black Loyalists take an opportunity to board 15 ships, and cross many bodies of water to get to Sierra Leone.They arrive and settle a British

A journey to freedom

Apr 30th, 2024 43m 11s

In the first episode of this three-part series, “A Journey to Freedom”, Africans who had been enslaved in America join the British army amid promises of freedom and land after the American Revolution is over.A group of 3000 — now called Black L

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Apr 29th, 2024 3m 21s

The Nova Scotians is the story of over 1000 formally enslaved African Americans who escaped during the American Revolution, ended up in Canada, then continued their journey to Africa, and whose descendants are still scattered throughout the dia

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