Mathieu de Costa
Why is Mathieu de Costa known?
He was the first Black person to visit Canada
What date did the United States declare war on Great Britain?
June 18, 1812
Which province received the largest amount of freedom seekers from the underground railroad due to its location?
Ontario
True or false:
The battalion champlain, Reverend William Andrew White, was the only black officer at the time.
True
What was he employed as?
A translator
True or False:
More Black people fought from the United States.
False
True or false:
The last segregated school closed in 1960
False
True or false:
The military officials authorized the No. 2 Construction Battalion on July 5th, 1916
True
True or False:
He was sent to prison in 1610.
False
What year were the Black regiments from the West Indies employed during the naval campaign against New Orleans.
1814
Where did the last segregated school close?
Nova Scotia
What role did the Canadian Forestry Corps play as a construction unit?
To support front lines, building roads and bridges and defusing landmines so advancing troops could move forward, and bringing out the wounded.
When was he in Holland?
February 1607
Why did more Black people volunteer to fight with the British?
Fearing if the American won they would have to go back to slavery.
True or false:
Toronto developed segregated schools
False
What year was the No. 2 Construction Battalion disbanded in?
1920
What has Nova Scotia done to honner Mathieu de Costa?
Launched the Mathieu de Costa Challenge
A former slave who had won his freedom by fighting for the British in the American Revolution, petitioned the government to form a Black regiment. Who is he?
Richard Pierpoint
In what part of Ontario did segregated schools remain in place?
Southwestern/Windsor and Chatham
Whose command was the Construction Battalion authorized under?
Lieutenant-Colonel D.H. Sutherland