A black wood cutter at Shelburne, Nova Scotia

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Title

A black wood cutter at Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Description

A watercolour sketch showing a black woodcutter from Birchtown, earliest known image of an African Nova Scotian

Creator

William Booth

Source

https://archives.novascotia.ca/africanns/archives/?ID=39

Publisher

Nova Scotia Archives

Date

1788

Files

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Citation

William Booth, “A black wood cutter at Shelburne, Nova Scotia,” Black Canadian History Exhibit, accessed January 9, 2026, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/mathieu-black-canadian-history-exhibit/items/show/370.