60 acast.com The Nova Scotians https://shows.acast.com/the-nova-scotians en Mykella Van Cooten history,black people,African Canadians,african americans,black loyalists,krio,the nova scotians,sierra leone podcast em The Nova Scotians is the story of over 1000 formally enslaved African Americans who escaped during the American Revolution, ended up in Canada, then continued their journey to Africa, and whose descendants are still scattered throughout the diaspora.


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]]> The Nova Scotians is the story of over 1000 formally enslaved African Americans who escaped during the American Revolution, ended up in Canada, then continued their journey to Africa, and whose descendants are still scattered throughout the diaspora.


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]]> false podcast em info+66200b93dcaddc00123a0cfd@mg-eu.acast.com 66200b93dcaddc00123a0cfd the-nova-scotians serial https://assets.pippa.io/shows/66200b93dcaddc00123a0cfd/1713377693321-06ad98cfc78052a43549de2fe616bee0.jpeg https://shows.acast.com/the-nova-scotians The Nova Scotians The legacy and the legend The legacy and the legend Tue, 30 Apr 2024 17:45:12 GMT 44:58 663111adf1e60600138db9fa false http://www.thenovascotians.ca/ 663111adf1e60600138db9fa 66200b93dcaddc00123a0cfd the-nova-scotians-the-legacy-and-the-legend full 1 3 In the last episode of this three-part series, “The Legacy and the Legend”, the original group of almost 1200 —  now called the Nova Scotians — have been in Sierra Leone for over 200 years.


They’ve become part of a larger cultural group whose influence has impacted Sierra Leone forever, and is still felt all over the world, through descendants in the diaspora.


Host/Producer: Mykella Van Cooten

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]]> In the last episode of this three-part series, “The Legacy and the Legend”, the original group of almost 1200 —  now called the Nova Scotians — have been in Sierra Leone for over 200 years.


They’ve become part of a larger cultural group whose influence has impacted Sierra Leone forever, and is still felt all over the world, through descendants in the diaspora.


Host/Producer: Mykella Van Cooten

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]]> From Canada to Sierra Leone From Canada to Sierra Leone Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:27:02 GMT 33:35 6630ffb6cff31b0012ac4b82 false http://www.thenovascotians.ca/ 6630ffb6cff31b0012ac4b82 66200b93dcaddc00123a0cfd the-nova-scotians-from-canada-to-sierraleone full 1 2 In the second episode of this three-part series, “From Canada to Sierra Leone”, a group of almost 1200 Black Loyalists take an opportunity to board 15 ships, and cross many bodies of water to get to Sierra Leone.


They arrive and settle a British colony there. But soon, just like the Americans, they become dissatisfied with being ruled by the British, and seek independence.


Host/Producer: Mykella Van Cooten 

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]]> In the second episode of this three-part series, “From Canada to Sierra Leone”, a group of almost 1200 Black Loyalists take an opportunity to board 15 ships, and cross many bodies of water to get to Sierra Leone.


They arrive and settle a British colony there. But soon, just like the Americans, they become dissatisfied with being ruled by the British, and seek independence.


Host/Producer: Mykella Van Cooten 

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]]> A journey to freedom A journey to freedom Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:25:17 GMT 43:11 6630ff4dcff31b0012ac3338 false http://www.thenovascotians.ca/ 6630ff4dcff31b0012ac3338 66200b93dcaddc00123a0cfd the-nova-scotians-journey-to-freedom full 1 1 In the first episode of this three-part series, “A Journey to Freedom”, Africans who had been enslaved in America join the British army amid promises of freedom and land after the American Revolution is over.


A group of 3000 — now called Black Loyalists — are sent to Nova Scotia to settle there.


But after not receiving the land they were promised, a group of almost 1200 decide to petition the British government to go somewhere else.


An opportunity with an abolitionist company sees them board 15 ships, and cross many bodies of water to get to Sierra Leone.


Host/Producer: Mykella Van Cooten

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]]> In the first episode of this three-part series, “A Journey to Freedom”, Africans who had been enslaved in America join the British army amid promises of freedom and land after the American Revolution is over.


A group of 3000 — now called Black Loyalists — are sent to Nova Scotia to settle there.


But after not receiving the land they were promised, a group of almost 1200 decide to petition the British government to go somewhere else.


An opportunity with an abolitionist company sees them board 15 ships, and cross many bodies of water to get to Sierra Leone.


Host/Producer: Mykella Van Cooten

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