Birth
07/04/22 • 25 min
From the moment Halifax was founded in 1749, enslaved African people were brought to dig out roads and begin building the city. An early Black community found refuge a few kilometres north on the southern shore of the Bedford Basin — an area that became Africville.
This is the story of how that small collection of improvised homes, would become one of North America's most important Black communities.
If you care about racism, displaced peoples and social justice, then you need to know the story of Africville Forever.
Join the fight at AfricvilleForever.com
Hosted by Eddy Carvery III & Alfred Burgesson
Artwork by Vanessa Thomas
A Podstarter production for Frequency Podcast Network
From the moment Halifax was founded in 1749, enslaved African people were brought to dig out roads and begin building the city. An early Black community found refuge a few kilometres north on the southern shore of the Bedford Basin — an area that became Africville.
This is the story of how that small collection of improvised homes, would become one of North America's most important Black communities.
If you care about racism, displaced peoples and social justice, then you need to know the story of Africville Forever.
Join the fight at AfricvilleForever.com
Hosted by Eddy Carvery III & Alfred Burgesson
Artwork by Vanessa Thomas
A Podstarter production for Frequency Podcast Network
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Have you heard of Africville?
Under the shadow of the MacKay Bridge in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the protest camp of Eddy Carvery has stood firm as the longest civil rights protest in North American history.
Eddy had remained in defiance for nearly half a century. In this episode Eddy introduces us to the protest that has defined his adult life. The fight to claim the land of Africville back for its people.
If you care about racism, displaced peoples and social justice, then you need to know the story of Africville Forever.
Join the fight at AfricvilleForever.com
Hosted by Eddy Carvery III & Alfred Burgesson
Artwork by Vanessa Thomas
A Podstarter production for Frequency Podcast Network
Next Episode
Thrive
Today, the elders of Africville all share one common description of Africville. It was safe. Memories of happy childhoods, dinners, sports and church linger in the minds of those who had the privilege of an Africville childhood. From this cradle of love and support, grew talent that would shape the world.
In this episode we uncover how Africville thrived and the joy its people still feel generations later.
If you care about racism, displaced peoples and social justice, then you need to know the story of Africville Forever.
Join the fight at AfricvilleForever.com
Hosted by Eddy Carvery III & Alfred Burgesson
Artwork by Vanessa Thomas
A Podstarter production for Frequency Podcast Network
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