Public Archives of Nova Scotia
A Documentary Study of The Establishment of Negroes in Nova Scotia between The War of 1812 and the Winning of Responsible Government / Prepared by C.B. Fergusson, Assistant Archivist, Under the Direction of D.C. Harvey, Archivist. Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1948. 140 pages : plans (partially folded), 25 cm.
view this publicationNova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F90 N85 AR2P no. 8
Series: Public Archives of Nova Scotia Publication No. 8.
Fergusson, Charles Bruce, 1911-1978
Harvey, D.C. (Daniel Cobb), 1886-1966
Blacks — Nova Scotia — History
Slavery in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — Colonization
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The Times of African Nova Scotians : a Celebration of Our History, Culture and Traditions ; An Interactive Study Book / publisher and editor Tony Colaiacovo. Halifax : Effective Publishing, 2008. 34 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 31 cm + 2 posters.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2350 B6 T558 2008 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references (pages 32-34) and 2 posters.
Clarke, George Elliott, 1960-
Conlin, Dan
Dovovan, Ken
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Council on African Canadian Education
Nova Scotia. Dept. of Education. African Canadian Services Division
Black people — Nova Scotia — History
Black people — Nova Scotia — Biography
Blacks — Nova Scotia — History
Blacks — Nova Scotia — Biography
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The Black Loyalists of Nova Scotia Halifax : Nova Scotia Museum History Section, 2000. 2 pts. : illustrations; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.531 #3 - Vertical File
Consists of 2 folders in Info series with the caption title The black loyalists of Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Museum. History Section
Blacks — Nova Scotia — History
United Empire loyalists — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — History — 1763-1867.
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Early pioneers : a heritage of faith and courage Upper Hammonds Plains : 1978. 2, 39 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.349 #26 - Vertical File
Written by the "Senior Citizens" of Upper Hammonds Plains, N.S.
Spirituals (Songs)
Blacks — Nova Scotia — History
Upper Hammonds Plains (N.S.) — History — 1738-
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Three Nova Scotian black churches Dartmouth : Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, 1990. 39 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.348 #19 - Vertical File
Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia.
Black churches — Nova Scotia
Blacks — Nova Scotia — Religion — History
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To Nova Scotia in search of liberty 1988. ppages 22-25.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.341 #34 - Vertical File
In: American Visions, April 1988.
Blacks — Nova Scotia — History
United Empire loyalists
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Struggle for development : the Black communities of North & East Preston and CherryBrook, Nova Scotia, 1784-1987 / Mohamed Abucar. 1st ed. Halifax : McCurdy Priting & Typesetting Ltd., 1988. xiv, 103 pages : illustrations, 1 map; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.328 #25 - Vertical File
Blacks — Nova Scotia — History
East Preston (N. S.) — History
North Preston (N. S.) — History
Cherry Brook (N. S.) — History.
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A violation of our history : theft of index file cards sours spirit at Public Archives 1990. pages 11.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.323 #27 - Vertical File
In: The Daily News, Sun. Nov. 11, 1990.
Blacks — Nova Scotia — History
Women's studies — Nova Scotia
Stealing
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From generation to generation: bi-centennial of the Black Church in Nova Scotia: 1785-1985, a synopsis Dartmouth: Black Cultural Society of Nova Scotia 1985. 10 pages : illustrations, ports.; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.307 #8 - Vertical File
Blacks — Nova Scotia
Blacks — Nova Scotia — Religion — History
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The black identity in Nova Scotia: community and institutions in historical perspective / James W.St.G. Walker. Dartmouth : Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, 1985. 28 pages : 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.307 #2 - Vertical File
Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia.
Blacks — Nova Scotia — History
Nova Scotia — History.
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Highland A.M.E. Church: Souvenir Booklet Amherst : Highland A.M.E. Church, 1973. 20 pages : illustrations, ports.; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.283 #10 - Vertical File
Blacks — History — Nova Scotia — Amherst
Blacks — Religion
Amherst (N.S.) — Church history
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Black immigrants into Nova Scotia 1776-1815 / by John N. Grant.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.248 #1 - Vertical File
In The Journal of Negro History 58 : 3 July, 1973, 253-270.
Blacks — History
Blacks — Nova Scotia
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Journey : African Canadian history study guide Yarmouth : CMS Publishing, 2000. 96 pages : illustrations; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.222 #42 - Vertical File
Produced by Southwest Nova Africian [sic Canadian Cultural Awareness Project in partnership with Human Resources Development Canada.
Blacks — History — Study and teaching
Blacks — Nova Scotia
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The History of Black English in Nova Scotia : a first step 1973. 14 pages.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.148 #31 - Vertical File
Reprinted from: Revista Interamericana Review, vol. II, no. 4, winter 1973.
Blacks — Nova Scotia — History
Blacks — Nova Scotia — Social life and customs
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An historic minority: The Black people of Nova Scotia 1781-1981 / text Pearleen Oliver, Henry Bishop, Graphics /. Dartmouth: Metrographic Printing Services Limited, 1981. 1 folded page : illustrations; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.95 #11 - Vertical File
Written and published at the request of the African United Baptist Association of N. S.
Blacks — History
Churches — Nova Scotia
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Black Learners Advisory Committee (N.S.)
BLAC report on education : redressing inequity--empowering Black learners Halifax : Black Learners Advisory Committee, 1994. 3 v. : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LC2804.2 N6 B52 1994
Blacks — Education — Nova Scotia — History
Discrimination in education — Nova Scotia — History.
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Share & care : the story of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children / Charles R. Saunders. Halifax : Nimbus, 1994. xvii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV887 C32 D37 1994
Blacks — Education — Nova Scotia — Dartmouth — History
Children, Black — Education — Nova Scotia — Dartmouth — History.
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Africville : a spirit that lives on Halifax : Art Gallery, Mount Saint Vincent University, 1989. 24 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV4050 H17 A258
Co-published by Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, Africville Genealogy Society, and National Film Board, Atlantic Centre. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Art Gallery, Mount Saint Vincent University, Oct. 1989, and touring Canada from July 1990-Dec. 1992, thereafter to be on permanent display at the Black Cultural Centre, Westphal, Dartmouth. Issued also in French.
Africville Genealogy Society
Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia
Mount Saint Vincent University. Art Gallery
National Film Board of Canada. Atlantic Centre.
Blacks — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — Exhibitions
Africville (Halifax, N.S.) — History — Exhibitions
Africville (Halifax, N.S.) — Biography — Exhibitions.
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Whitfield, Harvey Amani, 1974-
Blacks on the border : the Black refugees in British North America, 1815-1860 / Harvey Amani Whitfield. Burlington, VT : Hanover : University of Vermont Press ; University Press of New England, 2006. xiii, 179 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2350 B6 W595 2006 - Open Shelf
Black people — Nova Scotia — History — 19th century
Black people — Nova Scotia — Social conditions — 19th century
Black Canadians — Social conditions — 19th century
Black Canadians — History — 19th century
Freed persons — Nova Scotia — History — 19th century
Refugees — Nova Scotia — History — 19th century
Enslaved persons — United States — History — 19th century
Black people — Migrations — History — 19th century
United States — History — War of 1812 — Blacks
United States — History — War of 1812 — Refugees
Nova Scotia — History — 1763-1867
Nova Scotia — Race relations — History — 19th century
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Black and Bluenose : the contemporary history of a community / Charles Saunders. Lawrencetown Beach : Pottersfield, 1999. 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2350 B6 S28 1999 - Open Shelf
Black Canadians — Nova Scotia — History
Blacks — Nova Scotia — History.
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Presence and perseverance : Blacks in Hants County, Nova Scotia, 1871-1914 / by David W. States. Halifax : The author, 2002. iii, 124 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2350 B6 S7 2002 - Open Shelf
Master's Thesis.
Blacks — Hants County (N.S.) — History — 19th century
Blacks — Nova Scotia — History — 19th century.
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The Maroons in Nova Scotia / John N. Grant. Halifax : Formac, 2002. 203 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2350 B6 G73 2002 - Open Shelf
Includes index.
Maroons — Nova Scotia
Blacks — History — Nova Scotia.
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Birchtown and the Black Loyalists / Wanda Lauren Taylor. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2014. 73 pages.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B56 T39 2014 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references.
Blacks — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — History
Birchtown (N.S.) — History — Juvenile literature.
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Bear River untapped roots : moving upward / Florence L. Bavid. Nova Scotia : The Author, 1995. 169 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B43 B38 1995 - Open Shelf
Library's copy signed by author.
Blacks — Nova Scotia — Bear River
Bear River — History.
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Traditional lifetime stories : a collection of Black memories Dartmouth : Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, 1987-. portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5221 N3 T763 - Open Shelf
Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia.
Blacks — Nova Scotia — Biographies
Blacks — Nova Scotia — History
Nova Scotia — History.
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