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The Secret Life of Birchtown

The Secret Life of Canada (Archive) by The Secret Life of Canada

Aug 30, 201838:25Society & Culture

What we do really know about the history of black people in Canada? Sure, there's the Underground Railroad and the jazz prowess of Oscar Peterson—but what else? How about 200 years of slavery in Canada; the first race ri...

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The Secret Life of Birchtown is an episode from The Secret Life of Canada (Archive) by The Secret Life of Canada. What we do really know about the history of black people in Canada? Sure, there's the Underground Railroad and the jazz prowes...

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Published Aug 30, 2018, 38:25 long, audio available.

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