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The organizers behind Buy Black Birchtown are working to create a retreat and learning centre that will be open for bookings this summer.(Jessika Hepburn)
In Shelburne County, a few minutes from the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre, sits three hectares of waterfront woodland set to become a retreat for Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC).
The area was once home to Nova Scotia s largest settlement of Black Loyalists, who fled north in the late 1700s with the promise of refuge, and instead faced racism and poor living conditions.
The organizers of an initiative called Buy Black Birchtown hope to create a place that honours that history.
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.
“The Mint prides itself in crafting coins that pay tribute to Canada’s history, culture, and values. That includes celebrating our diversity and acknowledging the difficult chapters of our history,” said