Nova Scotia Archives
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Documenting the Heritage of African Nova Scotians
Africville
Materials relating to Africville, an African Nova Scotian community in Halifax on the shores of Bedford Basin. Most are Halifax Mail Star newspaper clippings about expropriation of the community and the relocation of its residents between 1962 and 1969. The material started as a reference file in 1962 with correspondence from the Department of Lands and Forests about the area’s original land grants. The file contains William Brown’s 1854 petition to the Legislature about compensation for lands taken by the railway. The file also includes articles from Time Magazine (1962) and Maclean’s (1965) that drew national attention to Africville.
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Correspondence re: Africville Land Grants
Date: 26 February 1962
Reference: Africville Nova Scotia Archives MG 100 volume 100 number 44
Correspondence re: Africville Land Grants
Date: 6 March 1962
Reference: Africville Nova Scotia Archives MG 100 volume 100 number 44 .2
Correspondence re: Africville Land Grants and Accompanying Land Records
Date: 5 March 1962
Reference: Africville Nova Scotia Archives MG 100 volume 100 number 44 A
Map of William Brown's Land taken by Railway
Date: 18 February 1860
Reference: Africville Nova Scotia Archives MG 100 volume 100 number 44 B
Petition by William Brown for Property Compensation
Date: 21 March 1860
Reference: Africville Nova Scotia Archives MG 100 volume 100 number 44 C
"Africville Details Outlined", Mail Star excerpt
Date: 18 January 1963
Reference: Africville Nova Scotia Archives MG 100 volume 100 number 44 D
"Africville Details Outlined", Mail Star excerpt, continued
Date: 18 January 1963
Reference: Africville Nova Scotia Archives MG 100 volume 100 number 44 E
"That Halifax Slum", United Church Observer excerpt
Date: 15 February 1963
Reference: Africville Nova Scotia Archives MG 100 volume 100 number 44 F
"37 Africville Residents Approve of Rose Report", Mail Star excerpt
Date: 10 January 1964
Reference: Africville Nova Scotia Archives MG 100 volume 100 number 44 G
"Africville Problem Getting City's Attention - Byars", Mail Star excerpt
Date: 6 June 1963
Reference: Africville Nova Scotia Archives MG 100 volume 100 number 44 H
"Suggests Action Soon on Africville", Mail Star excerpt
Date: 1 April 1964
Reference: Africville Nova Scotia Archives MG 100 volume 100 number 44 I
"Suggests Action Soon on Africville", Mail Star excerpt, continued
Date: 1 April 1964
Reference: Africville Nova Scotia Archives MG 100 volume 100 number 44 J
"City to Make Africville Move As Painless As Possible, Mayor Says", Mail Star excerpt
Date: 17 January 1964
Reference: Africville Nova Scotia Archives MG 100 volume 100 number 44 K
"Ontario Professor to Study Community", Mail Star excerpt
Date: 20 November 1963
Reference: Africville Nova Scotia Archives MG 100 volume 100 number 44 L
"Aldermen Agree to Purchase of More Property", Mail Star excerpt
Date: 18 September 1964
Reference: Africville Nova Scotia Archives MG 100 volume 100 number 44 M