Shelburne was one of the hubs of British Canada and the heart of Nova Scotia when it was established in 1783. The town was established for British Loyalists leaving the United States following the American Revolution and was at 10,000 by the following year—1,500 of those were Black Loyalists. PRE-SHELBURNE RIOTS Things boiled over […]

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