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NO AUTHOR_ARTIST TITLE PUBLISHER PRICE COND DESCRIPTION
9755 Little, Peter
Abraham Beverley Walker Lawyer, Lecturer, Activist New World Publishing 2019 $15.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Canada's first black lawyer and magazine editor. In very good clean condition.
9034 Robart-Johnson, Sharon
Africa's Children: A History of Blacks in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Dundurn 2009 $18.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book In very good used condition.
9282 Africville A Spirit That Lives On 0 $18.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Published in the 1990's. Some scuffing on cover.
6272 Work, John (editor)
American Negro Songs and Spirituals A Comprehensive Collection of 230 Folk Songs. Religious and Secular Bonanza Books New York 1940 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: Fair, Hardcover Book A large chip on the front of the dustjacket, some soiling and damp staining on dustjacket. Music and lyrics to many songs and spirituals.
9788 Campbell, Mavis C.
Back to Africa: George Ross and the Maroons : From Nova Scotia to Sierra Leone Africa World Press 1993 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Some bumps on covers. Inside is clean.
8025 Pachai, Bridglal
Beneath the Clouds of the Promised Land The Survival of Nova Scotia's Blacks Volume II: 1800-1989 The Black Educators Association Halifax, N.S. 1991 $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Trade Paperback Ex-Library Pictorial covers show some wear. Inside is clean.
9533 Pachai, Bridglal
Beneath the Clouds of the Promised Land: the Survival of Nova Scotia's Blacks Volume I 1600-1800 Black Educators Assoc of nova Scotia Halifax, NS 1987 1st Edition $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Small stain on bottom of spine.
9617 Taylor, Wanda
Birchtown and the Black Loyalists Nimbus Publishing 2014 $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book A child's history book. In clean unmarked condition.
6662 Niven, Laird
Birchtown Archaeological Survey The Black Loyalist Settlement of Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada Roseway Publishing Lockeport, NS 1994 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Blue covers have a bit of creasing and scuffing. Inside is clean. Maps of areas surveyed, list of objects found.
5846 Ruck, Calvin W.
The Black Battalion 1916-1920 Canada's Best Kept Military Secret Nimbus Publishing Limited Halifax 1987 $12.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Trade Paperback Book Ex-library, tape along spine, library stickers and stamps. Library card pocket in rear.Covers are creased along edges near spine and on corners. Lots of information, pictures and lists of names of those who served.
8948 Davidson, Stephen
Black Loyalists in New Brunswick: The lives of eight African Americans in colonial New Brunswick 1783-1834 Formac 2020 $25.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book In very good clean condition. The author describes the" experiences of eight African Americans who sought sanctuary in New Brunswick after the American Revolutionary War"
9455 Whitehead, Ruth Holmes
Black Loyalists: Southern Settlers of Nova Scotia's First Free Black Communities Nimbus Pub Ltd Halifax, NS 2013 $20.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: Very Good, Hardcover Book In good clean condition.
8519 Grant, John N.
Vienneau, Azor
Black Nova Scotians Nova Scotia Museum Halifax, N.S. 1980 $15.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Card Cover Book Slight soiling and minor creases at the corners of the covers. Interior very clean.
9050 Williams, Dolly (editor)
Black Women Who Made a Difference in Nova Scotia Volume One Congress of Black Women of Canada 2007 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book In good clean condition.
5776 Hill, Lawrence
The Book Of Negroes: Illustrated Edition HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Toronto 2009 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: Good, Hardcover Book A small bit of denting on dust jacket. A large heavy volume, may require additional postage.
8937 Mckerrow, Peter E. & Boyd, Frank (editor)
A Brief History of the Coloured Baptists of Nova Scotia, 1783-1895 Afro-Nova Scotian Enterprises Dartmouth, Nova Scot 1975 $30.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Originally printed in 1895. Re-titled "A brief History of Blacks in Nova Scotia". Introduced, edited, footnoted & annotated by Frank Stanley Boyd. Some yellowing on covers and spine. Spine is creased. Some photos and illustrations. A nice history.
7038 For My Country Black Canadians on the Field of Honour/ Por mon pays Les Noirs canadiens sur le champ d'honneur Minister of National Defense Canada Ottawa, On 2004 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Written in French and English. Small creases on covers.
6923 Henry, Frances
Forgotten Canadians: The Blacks of Nova Scotia Longmans Canada Limited 1973 $10.00 Fair, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Some yellowing on covers. Inside is clean.
7023 Tolliver, Althea J. & Francois, James A.
From Africville to New Road How Four Communities Planned Their Development Watershed Joint Action commitee/ Black United Front Dartmouth, Nova Scot 1983 $10.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Card Cover Book Stapled booklet. Nice copy. Small amount of sticky residue on front cover.
5655 Gordon, Grant
From Slavery to Freedom The Life of David George, Pioneer Black Baptist Minister Lancelot Press Hantsport, Nova Scot 1992 $95.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Clean and unmarked. A very scarce book.
9846 Robinson, Gwen
The Greater Journey, From Here to There in Search of Truth Self-published 2016 $65.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book By the author of Seek the Truth about the history of Chatham, Ontario's Black community.
5237 Ashe, Robert
Halifax Champion Black Power in Gloves Formac Publishing Company Halifax 2005 $15.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Trade Paperback Book Covers are not creased, but somewhat curled. Former Canadian middleweight boxing champion, David Downey, is the focus of this book. Inscription to previous owner on title page. Otherwise unmarked.
7330 Pachai, Bridglal; Bishop, Henry
Historic Black Nova Scotia Nimbus Pub Ltd Haliax 2006 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Ex-Library A nice clean copy.
8331 Grant, J.
The Immigration and Settlement of the Black Refugees of the War of 1812 in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Black Cultural Center 1990 $95.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Spine and part of the cover are faded. Previous owner's name is written on the cover. A very scarce book.
1938 Thomas, Verna
Invisible A Black Woman's Life in Nova Scotia Nimbus Publishing Limited Halifax 2001 $11.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Trade Paperback Book Forward by George Elliott Clarke. Covers slightly curling. No crease on spine. Inside clean and unmarked.
9845 Hunter, Andrew
It Was Dark There All the Time: Sophia Burthen and the Legacy of Slavery in Canada Goose Lane Editions 2022 $30.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book In clean very good condition.
9334 Johnston, Justin Marcus
James Robinson Johnston The Life, Death and Legacy of Nova Scotia's First Black Lawyer Nimbus Publishing Halifax, NS 2005 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Some spots on covers. Inside is clean.
9626 Smith, Craig Marshall
The Journey Continues An Atlantic Canadian Black Experience Black Green and Red Educational Products Dartmouth, NS 0 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Clean, covers are curling. Inscription in pen on title page. Some dog-eared pages. Short biographies of important African Nova Scotians.
9464 Johnstone, Tony
The Life and Thoughts of Tony Johnstone Four East Publication Tantallon, Nova Scot 1990 1st Edition $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Previous owner wrote their name on the half-title page. Book is in good clean condition.
9796 Jones, El
Live from the Afrikan Resistance! Roseway Publishing 2014 $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book A collection of spoken word poetry by Halifax's fifth poet laureate.
8908 Carvery-Taylor, Amanda
A Love Letter to Africville Fernwood Publishing Halifax, N.S. 2021 $20.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book In very good clean condition. Photos of former Africville residents with essays describing why they loved living in there.
5204 Komar, Debra
The Lynching of Peter Wheeler Goose Lane Editions Fredericton, NB 2014 1st Edition $18.00 As New, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book About a lynching in Bear River, Nova Scotia in 1896.
8053 Grant, John N.
The Maroons in Nova Scotia Formac Halifax, NS 2002 $18.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book A small amount of price sticker residue on back cover. Inside is clean.
2557 Pachai, Bridglal
My Africa, My Canada Nimbus Publishing, Limited Halifax, NS, Canada 1989 $13.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Trade Paperback Book Minor wear on cover, clean copy. Autobiography of South African born author, from South Africa to Canada. Director of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission.
2388 Drew, Benjamin
The Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada Coles Publishing Company Toronto 1981 $6.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Reprinted, the original was published in 1856. Covers and inside clean. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Nice copy.
7667 Pachai, Bridglal
The Nova Scotia Black Experience Through the Centuries Nimbus Publishing Halifax, NS 2007 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Price sticker residue on rear cover. Minor soiling on page edges. Inside is clean.
6136 Weeks, Joan and The Glace Bay Universal Negro Improvement Association
One God One Aim One Destiny: African Nova Scotians in Cape Breton Cape Breton University Press Sydney, NS 2007 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Former library book, library stickers on spine and back cover. Comes with a DVD.
2410 Ruggles, Clifton & Rovinescu, Olivia
Outsider Blues A Voice from the Shadows Fernwood Publishing Halifax 1996 $8.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Trade Paperback Book Covers clean. Former price sticker on back cover. Inside clean. Lots of photos. A collection of articles written by the author for the Montreal Gazette. In these articles the author draws on his own experiences as a black man in the world.
603 Pachai, Bridglal
Peoples of the Maritimes: Blacks Four East Publications Tantallon 1987 First Edition $8.00 Fine, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Trade Paperback Book Yellow pictorial cover. Small green spot of ink on cover. Otherwise excellent condition. Errors in book noted by publisher and pasted to inside rear cover.
7935 Pictorial On Black History Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission 0 $10.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Small stain on cover. Some creases on covers. Otherwise good.
9757 Maynard, Robyn
Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present Fernwood Publishing 2017 1st Edition $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book In good clean condition.
9354 Laffoley, Steven
Pulling No Punches The Sam Langford Story Pottersfield Press 2018 $18.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Professional boxer from Weymouth, NS who also fought the colour barrier in the early 20th century.Inscribed to previous owner on title page. In lightly read condition.
9790 Nelson, Jennifer
Razing Africville: A Geography of Racism University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division 2008 $25.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Hardcover Book Talks about the destruction of Africville, a black community in Nova Scotia.
4085 Thomas, Carolyn G.
Reflections The East Preston United Baptist Church on Its 150th Anniversary 1996 $25.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book A scarce book. Previous owner's name on inside of front cover. Otherwise clean.
5323 Strong, Darlene
Sand Hill : Cumberland County's Historical Black Community Self Published Amherst, Nova Scotia 2003 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book This book is clean inside and out. A few pages are dog-eared.
9840 Robinson, Gwendolyn & John W.
Seek the Truth A Story of Chatham's Black Community Self-published 2005 $95.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Third printing. Some price sticker residue on cover. Chatham, Ontario Canada. Lots of photos, index of names in rear. May be useful to genealogists.
9784 Laffoley, Steven
Shadowboxing the Rise and Fall of George Dixon Pottersfield Press Lawrencetown Beach, 2012 $18.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Book is in clean condition. True story of a boxer from Africville, Nova Scotia who lived during the late 19th century and was perhaps one of the greatest boxers ever. Inscribed by the author.
9416 Saunders, Charles R.
Share & Care The Story of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children Nimbus Publishing, Limited Halifax, Nova Scotia 1994 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Trade Paperback Book Spine is faded and plastic coating on spine is bubbling. Black Nova Scotia history. Many photographs.
5866 Whitehead, Ruth Holmes
The Shelburne Black Loyalists: A Short Biography of All Blacks Emigrating to Shelburne County, Nova Scotia after the American Revolution 1783 Excerpted from "The Book of Negroes" Nova Scotia Museum Halifax, NS 2000 $45.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Spiral Bound Soft Co Book Names and short biographies of the black loyalists who came to Nova Scotia. Great for genealogists.
8824 Freedman, Jim
Sissiboo Redemption Borealis Press Ottawa, On 2012 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Based on a true story of Black Baptists in 1883 Nova Scotia divided over whether they should join the white church or remain separate and autonomous. A small Langford-Cromwell family tree in rear (the author's family).
9277 Oliver, Perleen
Song of the Spirit An Historical Narrative On the History of the Beechville United Baptist Church 1844-1994 Lancelot Pr Ltd 1994 $20.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Previous owner's name on title page.
9610 Africville Genealogy Society
The Spirit of Africville Formac Publishing Company, Limited Halifax, Nova Scotia 1992 $18.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Trade Paperback Book "Selected and edited by the Africville Genealogical Society with contributions by Donald Clairmont, Stephen Kimber, Bridglal Pachai and Charles Saunders" Some minor creasing on covers. Interior pages very clean. Covers are curling upward.
7135 Paris Jr., John & Ashe, Robert
They Called Me Chocolate Rocket: The Life and Times of John Paris, Jr., Hockey's First Black Professional Coach Formac Halifax, NS 2014 $15.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Inscribed to previous owner. A bright clean book. Corners a bit bumped.
9758 The Times of African Nova Scotians Volumes One and Two Delmore "Buddy Day" Learning Institute 2014 $30.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Subtitled: "A celebration of our history, culture and traditions" Both volumes have some creases on front covers. Volume two has an inscription on title page.
6560 We Can't Walk Alone A Path to Capacity Building in African Nova Scotian Communities Wade and Atlantic CED Institute 2000 $12.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Previous owner's name on title page.
4508 Clarke, George Elliott
Whylah Falls Polestar Pr Victoria, British Co 1994 $8.00 Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book Poetry by the Nova Scotia born author. Book is clean.
9827 Pachai, Bridglal
William Hall Winner of the Victoria Cross Four East Tantallon 1995 $18.00 Very Good, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book In good clean condition. Part of the Famous Canadians series.
5235 Ruck, Lindsay
Winds of Change The Life and Legacy of Calvin W. Ruck Pottersfield Press Lawrencetown Beach, 2014 $14.00 Fine, Dustjacket: No Jacket, Soft cover Book A clean tight copy.

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