Nova Scotia Archives

African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition

"Slave for sale"

This cartoon-style illustration by Bob Chambers recreates a common scene in early Halifax.

Date: 1945

Artist: Robert Chambers

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives  William C. Borrett, Down East (Halifax, N.S., 1945), page 81 (Nova Scotia Archives Library F92 /B64 /D75)

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