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Nova Scotia's "Africans' Schools" (apr 17, 1816 – sep 28, 1855)

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"Nova Scotia's 'Africans' Schools' existed from 1816 to the 1850s and were intended to instill the values of obedience and submission in the Black populace so they might better accept their role as menial laborers (Black Learners Advisory Committee [BLAC] 1994)."

*Exact months & days not specified

Source: Robyn Maynard. Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present (2017). Page 33.

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Date:

apr 17, 1816
sep 28, 1855
~ 39 years