February is known as Black History month.
How much do you know about the black experience in Canada?
Have you heard of Matthew da Costa?
He was a translator on Samuel Champlain's expedition in the early 1600s.
There were also black Loyalists during and after the time of the American Revolution.
Many of the Loyalists went to the areas of British North America (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) to settle in what would be the future Canada.
For more check out: http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10166
Buxton Museum and Historic Site
(part of the Underground Railroad - just down the highway from Toronto)
[ ]Rose Fortune
Rose Fortune was the daughter of Black Loyalist refugees who came to Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, in 1783. She appointed herself a policewoman (the first known in Canada), imposed curfews and enforced them by going around town and sending stragglers home. Rose started a trucking service for ferry boat passengers using a wheelbarrow to carry luggage to their homes or hotels. She lived until 1864.
URL:Rose Fortune
http://www.coolwomen.org/
The Underground Railroad in Canada
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