Nova Scotia Archives

African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition

"Province House, Hollis Street, Halifax"

This engraving shows a woman in traditional African headdress seated with her basket, in the left foreground.

Date: published by Colburn & Bentley, London 1830

Artist: J. Clark

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives  William Moorsom, Letters From Nova Scotia: Comprising Sketches of a Young Country (London, 1830), page 10 opposite (F100 / M78) (microfilm 3870) negative number: N-492

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