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“You Ain’t Gone” Adelene da Soul Poet

“You Ain’t Gone” Adelene da Soul Poet

Adelene da Soul Poet is a spoken-word poet, her ancestors are Black Pioneers Location: Studio, black background.  Adelene is  seated on a stool, but the video is focused […]
“I’m a direct descendant of Charles and Nancy Alexander”

“I’m a direct descendant of Charles and Nancy Alexander”

Karen Hoshal is a long-term member including serving on the Board for the BC Black History Awareness Society, in interview format. Location: Karen is seated on a piano […]
Mystery surrounds the death of Louis Stark

Mystery surrounds the death of Louis Stark

A rich coal seam was discovered under Louis’s Vancouver Island property; several interested buyers, including his  neighbour Ed Hodgson, offered to purchase the land. Louis  was happy farming […]
Deed of Emancipation for the Estes family: November 10, 1852

Deed of Emancipation for the Estes family: November 10, 1852

Deed of Emancipation submitted by Howard Estes to the Clay County, Missouri Circuit Court on 10th of November 1852, freeing from slavery his wife Hannah aged about 48 […]
Studio portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alexander on their 60th wedding anniversary

Studio portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alexander on their 60th wedding anniversary

The long, black heavily petty-coated dress was a common formal dress in colonial times.  “Because it was black it didn’t show the dirt so much or need to […]