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{
"time": "2017-02-10 11:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Bill Casey (Cumberland\u2014Colchester, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Bill Casey (Cumberland\u2014Colchester, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4742611\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, on January 15, 1792, 15 ships filled with African Nova Scotians set sail from Halifax for the west coast of Africa in order to establish a new country called \u201cSierra Leone\u201d. Most of these African Nova Scotians were former slaves who had fled America for Nova Scotia and were now hoping for a new life in Africa. These hardy souls established what is today Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4742612\" data-originallang=\"en\"> There are still homes in Freetown built the same way they were in Nova Scotia in 1792. There are still streets with Nova Scotia names. People can still name the Nova Scotia towns where their ancestors once lived. The amazing thing to me is that I knew nothing about this significant piece of Nova Scotia history until I visited Sierra Leone a few years ago on a parliamentary mission with the Speaker. I urge those who are interested in this incredible story to go to the Internet and search out \u201cNova Scotia settlers\u201d, and this amazing story will unfold before their very eyes.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4742611\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le 15 janvier 1792, 15 navires transportant des N\u00e9o-\u00c9cossais d'origine africaine sont partis d'Halifax pour se rendre sur la c\u00f4te Ouest de l'Afrique. Ces gens s'\u00e9taient donn\u00e9 la mission de fonder un nouveau pays, la Sierra Leone. La plupart de ces N\u00e9o-\u00c9cossais \u00e9taient d'anciens esclaves qui avaient fui les \u00c9tats-Unis et qui voulaient se b\u00e2tir une nouvelle vie en Afrique. Ces gens intr\u00e9pides ont fond\u00e9 ce qui est devenu Freetown, la capitale de la Sierra Leone.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4742612\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il existe encore \u00e0 Freetown des maisons dont l'architecture correspond aux maisons qu'on construisait en Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse en 1792. Certaines rues ont un nom n\u00e9o-\u00e9cossais. Les habitants connaissent encore le nom des villes de la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse o\u00f9 vivaient leurs anc\u00eatres. Ce qui m'\u00e9tonne le plus, c'est que je ne savais rien de cet \u00e9pisode de l'histoire de la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse avant d'aller en Sierra Leone, il y a quelques ann\u00e9es, dans le cadre d'une mission parlementaire en compagnie du Pr\u00e9sident de la Chambre. J'invite les gens int\u00e9ress\u00e9s \u00e0 en savoir plus sur ces faits historiques \u00e0 faire une recherche sur Internet et \u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir par eux-m\u00eame cet \u00e9pisode extraordinaire de notre histoire.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2017/2/10/bill-casey-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/bill-casey/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4406/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9365657",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Sierra Leone",
"fr": "La Sierra Leone"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2017/2/10/",
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}