HALIFAX A new, $20 silver coin issued by the Royal Canadian Mint to coincide with the start of Black History month commemorates the Black Loyalists who landed in Nova Scotia as a result of the American Revolution. The new coin unveiled Monday features a shield with heraldry representing the Black Loyalist Heritage Society. Black Loyalists arrived between 1783 and 1785 and were the largest group of people of African birth and descent to.
Canada s Black Loyalists Honoured on Royal Canadian Mint s New Silver Coin Celebrating Black History
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OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Mint is proud to launch a new silver collector coin honouring the Black Loyalists. Mint engravers meticulously reproduced the armorial bearings of the Black Loyalist Heritage Society as a tribute to the free and enslaved Black people who re-settled to British North America before, during and after the American War of Independence. Many slaves were offered freedom in exchange for joining the British side during the war. After laying down new roots in Lower Canada and the Maritime Provinces, the struggles and achievements of the Black Loyalists and their descendants are an important part of Canadian history, told on a coin available as of today.
Posted: Feb 01, 2021 3:16 PM AT | Last Updated: February 1
The $20 commemorative silver coin honours the Black Loyalists who immigrated to Nova Scotia between 1783-1785. (Royal Canadian Mint)
The contributions and struggles of Black Loyalists who founded many of Nova Scotia s most historic communities is being marked with a commemorative coin announced Monday by the Royal Canadian Mint.
The Black Loyalists were a group of people of African birth or descent who emigrated to Nova Scotia because of the American War of Independence against Britain.
In an effort to gain support, the British declared that any enslaved people would receive freedom and land if they took up arms for the British cause. The British ultimately lost and their supporters moved north, with more than 3,000 Black Loyalists arriving between 1783-1785.
HALIFAX A major part of Nova Scotia’s history is being honoured by a new coin commemorating Black History Month. The Royal Canadian Mint revealed their annual Black History Month commemorative silver coin on Monday. This year’s design is dedicated to the Black Loyalists, a group of more than 3,000 free or formerly enslaved Black people who fought for the British in the American Revolution, and settled in Nova Scotia between 1783 and 1785. Monday’s virtual ceremony featured video messages from Prime Minster Justin Trudeau, Premier Stephen McNeil, and Minister of African Nova Scotian affairs Tony Ince. “In order to make an inclusive society, we must remember our own country’s history,” said Justin Trudeau. “This is especially important as we celebrate the start of Black history month, because Black history is Canadian history.”
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