Betty Riley was a trailblazing television producer from Saint John. She later moved to Montreal and worked as an office supervisor for cable TV. Riley noted that, while there was…
Caddy Norris the only black man living in St. Andrews
The Caddy Norris House at 100 Queen Street is designated for being the home of a local St. Andrews legend. John Cadman Norris, affectionately known as Caddy, was born in…
Caleb Jones
Caleb Jones was a slave owner and office holder. Born in 1743, probably in Maryland. He married Elizabeth in Saint Marys parish. At the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War Caleb…
Kassim Doumbia
Despite being born in Ivory Coast, and raised in Senegal, Kassim Doumbia returned to his birth country in 1999. After high school graduation he considered North America as a destination…
Abraham Beverley Walker
Abraham Beverley Walker, born in 1851 in Belleisle to William Walker and Patience Taylor, was a noteworthy lawyer and journalist. In 1881, he became Canada’s first black lawyer who was…
The Blacks of St. Andrews
St. Andrews, founded in 1783, had a black population from its inception. However, limited information is available about these individuals due to the absence of a local newspaper until 1818…
James Bohee
James Bohee was born in Indiantown, a Saint John neighbourhood on December 8th, 1844 and died in South Wales on December 8th, 1897. James was an Afro-Canadian song and dance…
St. Peter’s Anglican Church
St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Fredericton was constructed in 1837 and opened for worship around Christmas time in 1838. The church is the oldest church building, of any denomination, in the Fredericton area…