Halifax , Nova Scotia was the demarcation point of the African Americans who founded Freetown in Sierra Leone . Slavery was practiced for a brief period in Quebec and Nova Scotia as records indicate slave transactions as early as 1749. Overcoming a legacy of racial strife Halifax is now home to the Amistad Freedom Society of Nova Scotia, the Office of African Cultural Affairs and the Black Cultural Center of Nova Scotia.

Visiting Halifax and  Africville  at the end of July has become  an Amistad  tradition.  The current  visit  is  the third in a row  and  the Freedom Schooner and her crew feel already at home in Halifax Harbor.