Experiences

Cultural & Heritage Tours

“Africadia”

“Africadia” is a term coined by poet, author and black activist, George Ellott Clarke, for black people in Nova Scotia, both past and present. The story of the Black Loyalists who came to Nova Scotia during the American Revolution is one of broken promises and determination.

Enticed by land and freedom, 3,500 Blacks living in the, then known as 13 American Colonies came here, joining the already 500 Blacks, both slave and free, who considered this land home. Dealing with prejudice and competing with Whites for work, only one third who came received any land. Learn the history of Nova Scotia’s African-Canadians by visiting our museums and communities, such as Birchtown where Black Baptist Minister David George led his people and followers from persecution in the neighbouring community of Shelburne.