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Black History Month - Canada's anti-slavery movement
The month of February is dedicated to exploring Canada’s Black history. And, in our continuing series of vignettes celebrating Black History month, today we learn how slavery was brought to an end in Canada. Slavery did exist in Canada’s early colonial years, but this country took an early lead in abolishing the practice in North America.
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