Africville

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Africville was a small community of predominantly African Nova Scotians located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It developed on the southern shore of Bedford Basin and existed from the early 1800s to the 1960s. From 1970 to the present, a protest has occupied space on the grounds. The government has recognized it as a commemorative site and established a museum here. The community has become an important symbol of Black Canadian identity, as an example of the "urban renewal" trend of the 1960s that razed similarly racialized neighbourhoods across Canada, and the struggle against racism. Africville was founded in 1848 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, by Black Refugees who had arrived during and after the War of 1812. These Refugees were formerly enslaved African Americans who escaped from the United States and were resettled in Nova Scotia by the British. One of the earliest known settlers and founder of Africville was William Brown Sr., a Black Refugee from the Chesapeake region who arrived in...

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