Primary Sources
- African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and AbolitionApproximately 10,000 black people came to Nova Scotia between 1749 and 1816. This virtual exhibit focuses on African Nova Scotians who arrived during that time.
- And Still We Rise - A Black Presence in Alberta, late 1800's - 1970sBlack history is Alberta’s history. In this exhibit explore the formation of Alberta’s Black communities from the late 1800s through to the early 1970s. Although Black peoples encountered racism in Alberta they were also active and assertive in challenging such instances.
- Archives of Ontario - Resources relating to Black historyUse the online exhibits to learn about the collections at the AO, or do a keyword search.
- Black Loyalists: Our History, Our PeopleThis site explores how Canada became the home of the first settlements of free blacks outside Africa.
A Black American Missionary in Canada by ISBN: 9780228014478Publication Date: 2022-11-15Lewis Champion Chambers was born enslaved in Maryland, and purchased his freedom as a young man before moving to Canada West in 1854; there he farmed and served as a pastor and missionary until 1868. Between 1858 and 1867 he wrote nearly one hundred letters to the American Missionary Association in New York, describing the progress of his work and the challenges faced by his community. Chambers's letters provide a rare perspective on the everyday lives of Black settlers during a formative period in Canadian history.
- Black Nova ScotiansVarious archival collections relating to the Black history of Nova Scotia.
- Black on the PrairiesThis website explores the "past, present and future of Black Prairie life through the themes of Migration, Putting in Work, Black and Indigenous Relations, Politics and Resistance, and Black to the Future."
The Black Prairie Archives by ISBN: 9781771123761Publication Date: 2020-02-19This anthology collects varied and unique work by writers who were both conscious and unconscious of themselves as black writers or as "prairie" people. Their letters, recipes, oral literature, autobiographies, rap, and poetry- provide vivid glimpses into the reality of their lived experiences and give meaning to them.
- Black Thought and Culture » Ce lien s'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre / This link opens in a new windowThe database contains the non-fiction works of leading African Americans.
- Black Women Writers » Ce lien s'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre / This link opens in a new windowFiction and non-fiction by women from Africa and the African Diaspora, documenting black women's struggles through time.
- Hidden History Society YukonThe Society has recorded oral histories and compiled bibliographies of sources on Black and Asian families in the Yukon.
- Le marronnage dans le monde Atlantique : sources et trajectoires de viesThe site aims to decolonize slavery archives. Online since 2009, this platform allows you to query a new and evolving corpus composed of more than 20,000 documents relating to one of the main forms of resistance to slavery - escape.
- Ontario Black History Society - Profiles of Black CanadiansContains historical and contemporary profiles, including profiles of some communities.
- Ontario Black HistoryA portal to primary sources about Black history in Ontario.