Episodes

  • 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
  • Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 4

    Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 4
    Feb 6 2020
    Slavery laws A number of slavery laws, in addition to Indigenous slavery customs, existed in Canada both under the French rule and British rule until slavery was officially abolished in 1833. Duration: 2:49 https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/12/4-Slavery_laws.mp3
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    3 mins
  • Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 5

    Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 5
    Feb 7 2020
    Slave rebellions Slaves in North America and the Caribbean staged several rebellions and engaged in other forms of resistance against their masters. Duration: 3:02 https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/5-Slave_rebellions.mp3
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    3 mins
  • Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 6

    Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 6
    Feb 10 2020
    Africville Today, we bring you the story of Africville, the beating heart of the African Canadian community in Nova Scotia until it was bulldozed over in the 1960s to make way for other projects, including private housing, ramps for the A. Murray MacKay Bridge, and the Fairview Container Terminal. The central area was turned into a dog park called Seaview Park. Duration: 3:27 https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/12/6-Africville.mp3
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    3 mins
  • Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 7

    Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 7
    Feb 11 2020
    Josiah Henson Today, we bring you the story of Josiah Henson. His remarkable life story inspired American author Harriet Beecher Stowe to write her famous anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Duration: 2:59 https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/7-Josiah_Henson.mp3
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    3 mins
  • Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 8

    Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 8
    Feb 12 2020
    Harriet Tubman Today we bring you the story of Harriet Tubman. She was a courageous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, who led hundreds of American slaves to freedom in Canada. Duration 2:59 https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/12/8-Harriet_Tubman.mp3
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    3 mins