The Rogue in Washinton Black - From Cane Fields to Cold Harbour

Fiction raises us skyward; history asks what takes place when our feet touch ground. Halifax's shift-- from supplier to the sugar islands to haven for the hunted-- is proof that places can alter their purpose. Africville, born of exemption and rich in neighbourhood, remains a compass. Into this space came Barbadian migration: ward nurses and schoolteachers, writers and pianists, public servants and athletes. Oliver Jones, Joe Sealy, Cameron Bailey, Anne Cools, Andre De Grasse-- each a waypoint on a longer journey to belonging.

Watch the clip-- then see the sources, context, and lived history.