Alberta village remembers it’s African-American roots: ‘The only Black one left’
Hayes, who says he’s 88 years old or “somewhere around there,” represents the end of an era in the village of Breton, 110 kilometres southwest of Edmonton.
The migration hit its peak between 1909 to 1911. A federal order-in-council in 1911 barred Black people from Canada because they were “deemed unsuitable to the climate and requirements” of the country, but it was repealed later that year. But Hayes said despite the new surroundings, his mother never got over the treatment she received in Oklahoma.
She said remembering the area’s past is important because “you lose those shreds of history” as older people pass away.
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