Today, Birchtown in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia is a historical community with the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre being its most significant modern site. Centuries ago, Birchtown was the largest free Black settlement in North America. ESTABLISHMENT AND POPULATION DECLINE Following the movement Black Loyalists to Nova Scotia after the American Revolution, Stephen Blucke settled […]

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