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Sketch by Henry Sandham, in the Canadian Illustrated News,
14 December 1878. |
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Black workers in Halifax
| Halifax was the location for the investiture of the Marquis of Lorne as governor-general of
Canada, in 1878. It was an event requiring pomp and celebration, including the erection of
several large ceremonial arches in the city. The workmen depicted here likely came from the
Black communities of the Prestons. |
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