N.S. art installation features letters to Black loyalists who emigrated to Sierra Leone
Publisher |
CBC
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News & Politics
Publication Date |
Oct 14, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:15:58
In 1792, nearly 1,200 Black loyalists left Nova Scotia and set sail for Sierra Leone. The British failed to keep their promises to the loyalists so they were given the opportunity to leave. A new art installation at the Canadian Museum of Immigration pays tribute to those who left by featuring letters written to them by present-day Nova Scotians. Kathrin Winkle is the coordinator of the community project and Karen Hudson wrote one of the letters.

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