Settlements
As racism was rampant when the first groups of black people came to Nova Scotia, many all-black communities, villages and towns were set up. Most of these communities were located in a rural setting, and were usually very independent until the 1960s when some inner-city neighbourhoods were set up, starting with the demolition of Africville.
Some of the settlements include: East Preston, Cherrybrook, Lincolnville, Upper Big Tracadie, Five Mile Plains, Uniacke Square, North Preston, Mulgrave Park, Tracadie, Shelburne, Lucasville, Beechville, parts of Hammonds Plains and several others.
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“That those tribes [the Sac and Fox Indians] cannot exist surrounded by our settlements and in continual contact with our citizens is certain. They have neither the intelligence, the industry, the moral habits, nor the desire of improvement which are essential to any favorable change in their condition.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)