When #Black #settlers arrived in #Halifax in the mid-19th century, they faced overt #racism . The #community they created, which became known as #Africville , did not receive the same care as other neighbourhoods in Halifax. The city placed #dangerous services in and around Africville that it wouldn’t dare place near #white communities, including a dump & an incinerator that #contaminated the #water wells and resulted in high #cancer rates.
https://theresolve.ca/nova-scotias-legacy-of-environmental-racism/
#black #settlers #halifax #racism #community #Africville #dangerous #white #contaminated #water #cancer
https://archive.org/details/africville
Africville by Shauntay Grant; Eva Campbell
Topics
#Africville, #kanada, #childrensbooks, #booksforchildren, #historicalfiction, #genocide, #antiblackness, #novascotia, #halifax, #bedfordbasin, #klanada
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#Africville #Kanada #childrensbooks #booksforchildren #historicalfiction #genocide #antiblackness #novascotia #halifax #bedfordbasin #Klanada