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Between 1840 and 1860, thousands of enslaved Africans traveled the Underground Railroad to freedom in Canada.
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Nova Scotia's Lieutenant-Governor, The Honourable Mayann Francis, has devoted her life to advancing diversity and equality.
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Racial barriers couldn't prevent Portia White from becoming the first internationally renowned Black Canadian concert singer.
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Enslavement was abolished throughout the entire British Empire in 1834.
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