The Black Diaspora: Black Appalachians, Canadian Blacks and Descendants from the African Continent

White Allies in Anti-Racism: a 4-part workshop series (Morning & Afternoon) • October 20 & November 10, 2018 • 10:00 am – 3:30 pm • Unitarian Fellowship of Peterborough 775 Weller St., Peterborough, Ontario (705) 741-0968 In this workshop series, we will unpack racism in Canada and explore ways to become allies in the struggle to dismantle the racial barriers in our congregations and the larger community. All are welcome but please note the workshop takes an explicit view that transforming ourselves and our society into a racially just place implicates a responsibility in white folks to engage more robustly. Youth are encouraged to attend. Lunch will be available at a nominal cost. Please let us know if you require child care. There are 4 parts to this workshop: Session 1: Framing, Oct 20, 10:00 am – 12:00pm • Defining racism and anti–oppression work • White Privilege: The Advantages and Perks White backpack exercise • Characteristics of white supremacy and Canadia...

The Legacy of Canadian Slavery: Renewing Our Commitment to Differences through Examining Our Role in Enslaving Black People • October 21, 2018, 10:00 am • Unitarian Fellowship of Peterborough 775 Weller St., Peterborough, Ontario (705) 741-0968 Canadian slave history is one the building blocks of the Canada and is often excluded or omitted. Slavery was as much a part of Canadian History as the often-cited record of the Underground Railroad. Slavery within the larger context of the colonized Western Hemisphere was evident throughout all the colonies that created nations in the 21st Century. Canada from its colonial inception into the middle of the Nineteenth Century benefited from enslaved labour. The talk centres around two UU principles: the inherent worth and dignity of every person; and justice, equity and compassion in human relations Guest Speaker: Wilburn Hayden, PhD Service Leader: Ben Wolfe Music: TBA

Coggeshall, John M. (2018). Liberia, South Carolina: An African American Appalachian Community. Chapel Hill: UNC Press. An excellent contribution to the historical lives of black Appalachian people that traces enslaved blacks to contemporary times.

The Legacy of Canadian Slavery.(Exert from talk given on August 5, 2028 at Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation in recognition of Emancipation Day) Wilburn Hayden, PhD Professor, School of Social Work, York University August 5, 2018 In 1834, England legally abolished slavery across the British Empire. Until that year slavery existed in all regions that became the provinces of Canada. The Act was passed in the British Parliament on August 28, 1833 with August 1, 1834 being the date in which slavery was abolished. The first section of the Act addressed the compensation to the slavers for the enslaved. Only six of the thirty-one pages addressed the enslaved. Most sections dealt with the financial and structures for implementing the Act. While slavery formally ended, most of the enslaved, “full age of six years or upward” were bound into force apprenticeship until August 1, 1840. There were three classes for the former enslaved: procedural attached (agriculture and manuf...

Fish to Black Slaves: The Canadian Maritimes and African Slave Trade May 26 – June 1 | Regina, Saskatchewan, https://www.congress2018.ca/ May 27 – May 28 | 2018 Annual Meeting of the Black Canadian Studies Association, https://www.congress2018.ca/sites/default/files/association/2018/04/309-bcsa-bcsa-2018.04.05-final.pdf Session: Slavery in Canada Time: 2:30pm – 4:00pm, Location: ED 179 •Nii Tawiah Okurajah Koney, Post--Traumatic Slave Syndrome: Black Canadian Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing, 21 st Century Perspectives •Wilburn Hayden, Jr., Fish to Black Slaves: The Canadian Maritimes and African Slave Trade •Kyla Murray, Canada and the Commemoration of a Blighted History

Black slavery was as much a part of Canadian history as the often-cited record of the Underground Railroad. Slavery, within the larger context of colonization, was evident in all European settlements in the Western Hemisphere nations that formed the countries of the present.    This table lists the 42 current Western Hemisphere nations and their dates for abolishing slavery. Every country in the Western Hemisphere enslaved black people.   

A review of ships’ passengers and general cargo lists supports the historical record of St. John’s in 17 th and 18 th Centuries as a slave trading port. Whereas, Newfoundland’s residents may not have owned large number of slaves, enslavement of black people did occur. Perhaps more significantly, slave trade was an important form of commerce. The table below lists enslaved black people as cargo from ships porting at St. John’s Harbour.