The town was first settled by Black British Loyalists after the American Revolution, who left New York harbors in 1783 seeking freedom. Just as I did as a toddler, crossing the vast Atlantic Ocean ...

Darrell Maxwell has fond memories of growing up next to the scenic golf course in the heart of the central Nova Scotia town ...

Black Loyalists, Black Refugees, Maroons, and other Black people who inhabited the original 52 land-based Black communities in that part of Mi'kma'ki known as Nova Scotia. Today, there are ...

They were bound for Sierra Leone, a British colony that had been created as a haven for poor blacks from London and black Loyalists who despaired of life as free people in Nova Scotia. During this ...

In the wake of Britain’s defeat in 1783, a stream of Loyalists arrived in Shelburne County on Nova Scotia’s South Shore. Many, mostly the white Loyalists, settled in Shelburne, while the ...

These black loyalists were rewarded with land in Nova Scotia, but the hostility of white loyalists and the harsh climate made them sign up for Sierra Leone too. They were followed by Maroons ...

Black loyalists, Black refugees, Maroons and other Black people who inhabited the original 52 land-based Black communities in that part of Mi’kma’ki known as Nova Scotia. Please see the African Nova ...

The province has more than 50 historic Black communities established by Loyalists who fled the United ... the provincial junior championship and Nova Scotia Golfer of the Year in 1965.