African

ACHA is an African heritage and language program operating out of Centennial College Progress Campus. The program features African history lessons, arts and crafts, and special events for students who range in age from 5 to 16 years of age. Workshops for parents are also available.
http://www.achaonline.org/

Descriptions of children's publications with an emphasis on black culture and folklore.
http://www.yorku.ca/aconline/literature/children.html

Evolution of slavery, particularly in the Americas, how it affected settlement and the anti-slavery movement.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/migrations/F4.h...

Virtual exhibit examines the early African Nova Scotian experience, focusing on the period 1749-1834. Includes searchable database of 5000 names of early African Nova Scotians.
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/africanns/

Provides a list of materials held by the Library and Archives of Canada on the anti-slavery movement in Canada between 1830 and 1870.
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/lac-bac/anti-slavery-ef...

Gives information on the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada, founded in 1851. Presents digitized documents relating to early black settlements, black communities, refugees, and the American Civil War.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/anti-slavery/index-e.html

Use of indentured servants throughout the world and especially the Americas. Evolution of the practice, forces that brought it to an end and affect on settlement.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/migrations/F5.h...

Lesson plan for grades 5-8 helping to understand the slave trade and how it affected and was affected by life in Canada from 1600-1833.
http://www.ecb.org/pdf/africanslavetrade5.pdf

Directory of links to websites about Black Canadian history, organizations and issues.
http://www.library.dal.ca/subjects/CanBlack.htm

Exhibit touches on some of the key issues that have affected the black community in Ontario over the past 220 years including emancipation and the anti-slavery movement.
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/black_history...