1. Watch the video…up to 5:30…look for:
New migrations of people of African descent into Nova Scotia
Who, why, when, where, how
Legacy of these migrations
Purposes of Black Cultural Center

2. Black Loyalist descendants: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrIzqGp9MVw

3. Waves of Migration to Nova Scotia

4. The Jamaican Maroons Your textbook (pages 199-200)
IDENTIFY the Jamaican Maroons
Who were they?
What did they do to impact history?
Where did they impact history?
When did they impact history?
How did they impact history? How did history impact them?
Why are they important?

5. Important to note (not in text)
1796: Almost 600 Jamaican Maroons land in Halifax & settle in Preston. Although the majority of the Maroons left NS for Sierra Leone in 1800, a few remained. A census done in 1817 revealed that several persons living in Tracadie (Guysborough) were descendants of the Maroons. The Maroons also left descendants in the Preston Area of Halifax County.

6. Jamaican Maroons: Connection
Do you think they are an example of what Vern Braithwaite was talking about? Explain…