Dr. Charmaine Nelson is a nationally leading researcher and academic, focusing on the history of slavery in Canada, plumbing the depths of a field of study that this country is desperately far behind on. (When The Coast interviewed Nelson in 2021, she explained that in America, there’s a “whole infrastructure” studying the history of slavery […]
Emancipation Day
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6 ways to observe Emancipation Day in Halifax
This Sunday, August 1, Canada will observe Emancipation Day on a national level for the first time—a celebration of the actual day that the Slavery Abolition Act came into effect across the British empire in 1834. In Halifax, the new holiday is being celebrated as part of HRM’s slate of Natal Day celebrations, which brings […]