This sketch is the earliest known image of a Black Loyalist, depicting a man cutting wood in the few years following the foundation of Birchtown. Many Black Loyalists had arrived in Nova Scotia expecting fruitful harvests and economic stability as a…
Although short, this video tells the accomplished story of Jennifer Hodge de Silva. Although young at her passing in 1989, Jennifer Hodges impact was not left unnoticed. This short 4-minute video goes over her large life starting from her birth in…
A blue and yellow button created for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1951. It was likely used to show that it belonged to a porter who had paid his monthly membership fee. Although sleeping car porters were only paid a meagre amount, being…