Black people who moved to Canada in the 1800s were promised land in Nova Scotia in exchange for staying loyal to the British crown. Instead, the province granted informal licences to live on the land, not own it.
Paul Palango: What happened in Nova Scotia was an example of a cascading failure for the Mounties and there are horrible questions for which answers are needed now
In the home where she and her parents were murdered, 17-year-old Emily Tuck lifted her bow and played a song. ’They were their happiest there in Portapique.’