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I Am Black History

This is a place for diverse Black Canadians to tell their stories and the stories of their ancestors, both here in Canada and the Diaspora. 

 

We know that there are Black people from coast to coast to coast in Canada and we have been here a long time. We want all Black Canadians to be included here, so please contact us to tell your story. Our Voices, Our Stories.

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Olivier Le Jeune, a young boy from Madagascar whose African name is unknown arrived in Québec in 1628  and was sold to a clerk becoming the first recorded enslaved African in New France.

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