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Edward Mitchell Bannister was born in 1828 in St. Andrews. His father was a native of Barbados, West Indies. The racial identity of Bannister’s mother, Hannah Alexander Bannister, who lived…
James Gordon was born in New Brunswick between 1801 and 1803. While the identity of his parents is currently unknown, it is believed they came to Canada with the Loyalists…
Mary Mathilda Winslow was born in Woodstock to Sarah Anne (Dubois) Winslow. She was the first black woman to attend the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. She graduated at…
Eldridge Eatman was born in 1880 outside Fredericton and lived most of his life in Saint John. He was a world-champion sprinter and first world war veteran. Thirty years before Jesse…
Elm Hill was established by black Loyalists from Virginia in 1806, as one of Canada's earliest black communities. It is located on the St. John River between Saint John and…
Henry Braithwaite was born in 1841 near Fredericton. He was the son of Alfred Braithwaite, a native of England who married Sarah Flinn of New Brunswick. From his boyhood, Henry…