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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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