• RCI | English : Portraits of Black Canadians

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RCI | English : Portraits of Black Canadians

By: RCI | English
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  • Find out more about black Canadians who contributed to the building of Canada and who are making their mark every day. From our archives Danger, hardship, heroism and tragedy. All are features of black immigration to Canada in the nineteenth century. The story of black immigration to Canada began 400 years ago with the arrival of the French at Port Royal. John Graves Simcoe, the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, signed the Act Against Slavery in 1793. Many black people came to Canada by their own means. But the Underground Railroad, an informal network of people and places organized to help black people escaping slavery, was an important feature of immigration to Canada in the nineteenth century. It’s estimated that between 20,000 and 40,000 black people arrived in Canada during the first half of the nineteenth century. Some consider that the number could be as high as 60,000. Radio Canada International has produced a series of vignettes spotlighting some of the black Canadians that have marked the country’s past, as well as those that are marking Canada’s present. Researchers: Nataly Lague, Audrey Flat Editors: Suzanne Shugar, Audrey Flat Translator: Nataly Laguë Sound recording, sound effects, sound mixing: Angela Leblanc Producer; casting, music selection: Suzanne Shugar Executive Producer: Raymond Desmarteau A Radio Canada International production
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  • Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 1

    Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 1
    Jan 30 2020
    We begin the first episode of our podcast series Portraits of Black Canadians with a short introduction into the history of slavery in the Americas. Slavery Triangle The transatlantic slave trade forced millions of black Africans into bondage. Duration 3:01 https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/12/1-Slavery_Triangle.mp3
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    3 mins
  • Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 2

    Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 2
    Feb 4 2020
    Mathieu Da Costa Mathieu Da Costa, the first black man to arrive in Canada, is said to have been born in the Azores. Da Costa was a free black man who in the early 1600s was employed as a translator by French and Dutch traders and explorers. He spoke several languages including French, Dutch and Portuguese, as well as "pidgin" Basque, a language used by fishermen on the Atlantic coast that was a mix of a French-Basque dialect and First Nations languages including Mi' kmaq. Duration 2:28 https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/2-Mathieu_Da_Costa.mp3
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    2 mins
  • Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 3

    Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 3
    Feb 5 2020
    Olivier Le Jeune Olivier Le Jeune is the first black person known to have lived and died in Canada. He was also Canada’s first recorded African slave. Le Jeune was about seven years old when he was brought to Canada from Madagascar during the British invasion of what was known then as New France in 1628. Duration: 2:09 https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/3-Olivier_Le_Jeune.mp3
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    2 mins

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