No. 2 Construction Battalion
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The No. 2 Construction Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, was raised in Nova Scotia and was one of two predominantly Black battalions in Canadian military history and the only Canadian battalion
William A. White, a chaplain in the battalion and the first Black officer in the Canadian Army
Recruitment poster for the No. 2 Construction Battalion
Citadel hill
Black Nova Scotians
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Black Nova Scotians are Black Canadians whose ancestors primarily date back to the Colonial United States as slaves or freemen, later arriving in Nova Scotia, Canada, during the 18th and early 19th ce
No. 2 Construction Battalion
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Population distribution of Black Canadians in Nova Scotia by census division, 2021 census
1788 illustration of a Black woodcutter in Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Rose Fortune, Black Loyalist – Annapolis Royal c. 1830
Lawrence Hartshorne, d. 1822, a Quaker who was the chief assistant of John Clarkson in helping the Black Nova Scotian Settlers emigrate to Sierra Leone (1792) – Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia)