Washington Black and Rogues In Paradise - Halifax: Safe Harbour, Hard History

Fiction lifts us skyward; history asks what takes place when our feet touch ground. Halifax's shift-- from supplier to the sugar isles to sanctuary for the hunted-- is evidence that locations can alter their function. Africville, born of exclusion and abundant in community, remains a compass. Into this area came Barbadian migration: ward nurses and teachers, authors and pianists, public servants and athletes. Oliver Jones, Joe Sealy, Cameron Bailey, Anne Cools, Andre De Grasse-- each a waypoint on a longer journey to belonging.

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