Looking Back, Moving Forward: Documenting the Heritage of African Nova Scotians

On 21 August 1834 The Novascotian, (Volume VII, Number XXXIV page 6 [270], column 2) had received news from Bermuda and Montreal about the Emancipation Day of August 1. At Bermuda it was reported "Four days of universal freedom have now passed and four days of more perfect order, regularity and quiet, have these famed peaceful Isles never witnessed." "In Montreal, the coloured Residents dined together in honor of the day."

Date: 21 August 1834

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives The Novascotian, or Colonial Herald, Volume VII Number XXXIV, Halifax, 21 August 1834