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The African Nova Scotian flag flies in Halifax, N.S., ahead of Emancipation Day this Sunday. (Robert Short/CBC)
As Nova Scotia prepares to mark Emancipation Day on Aug. 1, Mainstreet NS is offering special programming to celebrate, educate and reflect on what the day means.
With host Jeff Douglas, a series of seven podcast episodes puts context around the day and offers insight into what came before emancipation — namely slavery.
According to the Nova Scotia Archives, most Black people arriving in Nova Scotia between 1749 and 1782 were enslaved people brought by English or American settlers. Of the nearly 3,000 people living in Halifax in 1750, there were about 400 enslaved and 17 free Black people.
Listen Now – Slavery, Resistance and Emancipation Mainstreet NS 46:38 Slavery, Resistance & Emancipation, episode 1: What came before emancipation
Charmaine Nelson is a Canada Research Chair, and the Founding Director of the Institute for the Study of Canadian Slavery, at NSCAD University. This episode contains all three of the conversations Professor Nelson had with Mainstreet host Jeff Douglas during July. 46:38
Mainstreet NS 27:25 Slavery, Resistance & Emancipation, episode 2: Lives of enslaved Nova Scotians
Jeff speaks with Sharon Robart-Johnson, author of “Jude & Diana,†and “Africa’s Children: A History of Blacks in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
†Then, in a new interview not yet broadcast, Mainstreet’s producer Alex Mason asks Sharon about more of her research into slavery and segregation in Nova Scotia. 27:25
Of the nearly 3,000 people living in Halifax in 1750, there were about 400 enslaved and 17 free Black people. (Nova Scotia Archives )
Mainstreet NS 28:16 Slavery, Resistance & Emancipation, episode 3: Black Loyalists — free but not equal
Cynthia Dorrington is the site manager at the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre, on Old Birchtown Road in Shelburne. This episode brings together three of her conversations with Jeff about the Black Loyalists and their times. 28:16
Mainstreet NS 24:32 Slavery, Resistance & Emancipation, episode 4: System is built upon system is built upon…
Poet, educator and journalist El Jones and Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard talk with Jeff about the legacy of slavery. After that, we’ve included a new interview with El Jones (recorded outdoors, on a very windy day) about the meaning of Emancipation Day. (She also performs a poem on the subject in episode 5.) 24:32
El Jones, a poet and educator from Halifax, sheds light on the brutal history of slavery in Nova Scotia, and why the struggle for freedom continues today.
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Mainstreet NS 44:27 Slavery, Resistance & Emancipation, episode 5: The meaning of Emancipation Day
A special program broadcast July 30th, featuring performances by Drummers From Home, Four The Moment, and El Jones, a prayer by Reverend Wallace Smith Sr, and interview clips of Lynn Jones, Professor Charmaine Nelson, Mary Desmond, Sgt Craig Smith, Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard, Adina Fraser Marsman, and Kendra Sneddon-Gannon. A video of El Jones’ recitation can be seen here — bit.ly/3xeCfI0 44:27
Mainstreet NS 22:39 Slavery, Resistance & Emancipation, episode 6: Drummers From Home full interview
Wayn Hamilton of Drummers From Home tells Mainstreet’s Alex Mason about the evolution of the group, his own family history and connection to Black Loyalists who left Nova Scotia in the 1790s for Sierra Leone, and why he sometimes tells people he’s from ‘the Republic of Beechville.’ This episode also includes both performances the Drummers contributed to our program about Emancipation Day. 22:39
Mainstreet NS 27:26 Slavery, Resistance & Emancipation, episode 7: “We don’t own the shame of the past, but…â€
“…we have to own the present and the future.
†Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard talks with Jeff about how white people can approach difficult conversations about our shared history. Following that, you’ll hear guest host David Burke’s conversation with two recent Citadel High School grads — Adina Fraser Marsman, and Kendra Sneddon-Gannon. 27:26
Charmaine Nelson is an art history professor and the founding director of the Institute for the Study of Canadian Slavery at NSCAD University. (Meghan Tansey Whitton) Read more about the first official Emancipation Day in Canada
For more stories about the experiences of Black Canadians — from anti-Black racism to success stories within the Black community — check out Being Black in Canada, a CBC project Black Canadians can be proud of. You can read more stories here .
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