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Africville : the life and death of a Canadian black community

Title
Africville : the life and death of a Canadian black community / Donald H. Clairmont, Dennis William Magill.
Author
Clairmont, Donald H. J.
Publication
Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, [1974]

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Additional Authors
Magill, Dennis W.
Description
272 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Black people > Nova Scotia > Halifax > Social conditions > 20th century
  • Relocation (Housing) > Nova Scotia > Halifax
  • Urban renewal > Nova Scotia > Halifax
  • Black people > Nova Scotia > Halifax
  • Black people
  • Black people > Social conditions
  • Relocation (Housing)
  • Social conditions
  • Urban renewal
  • Zwarten
  • Steden
  • Africville (Halifax Regional Municipality, N.S.) > Social conditions > 20th century
  • Halifax (N.S.) > Social conditions > 20th century
  • Nova Scotia > Halifax
  • Nova Scotia > Africville (Halifax Regional Municipality)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- 1. Black settlement in Nova Scotia and the development of Africville -- 2. Africville society: an historical overview -- 3. The major institution: the Seaview African United Baptist Church -- 4. Africville as a social problem -- 5. The relocation decison, 1962-1964 -- 6. The mechanics of the relocation, 1964-1969 -- 7. Relocation and the relocatees -- 8. The implications of the Africville relocation -- Epilogue.
ISBN
  • 0771057881
  • 9780771057885
LCCN
75302713
OCLC
  • ocm03121415
  • 3121415
  • SCSB-746389
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library