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Over a thousand

                          Fast Fact                             people were

                          Africville was a

                     village in Nova Scotia.                    forced to come to
                   Black people there built it.                 Canada. Others
                 But other people wanted the

                  land. They made everyone                      went to South
                     leave. They tore down
                      the church. They tore                     America or to the

                           down homes.                          United States.



                                                                    In the 1700s,

                                                                there was a war.


                   The British and the Americans fought. The


                   Americans had many slaves. The British told


                   slaves they could be free. But they had to be

                   loyal to the British and fight for them. Then


                   they could move to Canada. These people





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