Tracadie is a small community in the
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
province of
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native Eng ...
, located in
Antigonish County
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. Tracadie has close links with nearby
Upper Big Tracadie
Upper Big Tracadie is a small community in the Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Antigonish County. It is a rural, predominantly Black Nova Scotians, African Canadian community. Led by Thomas B ...
. Led by Thomas Brownspriggs, Tracadie was settled by
Black Loyalist
Black Loyalists were people of African descent who sided with the Loyalist (American Revolution), Loyalists during the American Revolutionary War. In particular, the term refers to men who escaped enslavement by Patriot (American Revolution), Pat ...
s in the early 18th century. According to one 19th century observer, this community was the most successful rural Black community in the province.
The
Order of Saint Augustine
The Order of Saint Augustine, ( la, Ordo Fratrum Sancti Augustini) abbreviated OSA, is a religious mendicant order of the Catholic Church. It was founded in 1244 by bringing together several eremitical groups in the Tuscany region who were fo ...
established the first of their Canadian houses at Tracadie, in 1938.
See also
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Black Nova Scotians
Black Nova Scotians (also known as African Nova Scotians and Afro-Nova Scotians) are Black Canadians whose ancestors primarily date back to the Colonial United States as slaves or freemen, later arriving in Nova Scotia, Canada, during the 18th ...
References
Tracadie on Destination Nova Scotia
Communities in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia
Black Canadian settlements
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