This is a photograph of Pearleen Oliver, who was a Black pastor, and a Black rights activist. I will use this image and mainly talk about when Pearleen Oliver was interviewed about her campaign surrounding the inclusion of Black nurses, which serves…
This law marked the first legislative attempt in British North America to restrict the institution of slavery rather than protect or enhance it. While it did not emancipate those already bound, the act forbade importation of new enslaved folks on the…