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February is Black History Month and Victoria has many associations with black pioneers in British Columbia. Historian John Adams will discuss Governor Sir James Douglas’s black ancestry and why there was an exodus of blacks from California to Victoria in 1858 at the time of the Fraser River Gold Rush. He will give profiles of many of the black business men and women, the prospectors, farmers, carpenters and politicians. He will include upstanding members of the community and a few who weren’t. The focus of the illustrated talk will be on Victoria, but Salt Spring Island and other places in British Columbia will be included.
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