Laws
Who passed legislation banning the importation of enslaved Africans into upper Canada?
Who is John Graves Simcoe
In North American, prior to the abolition of slavery, what direction did freedom seekers travel in to liberate themselves?
What is North
The largest Caribbean festival in North America
Caribana also known as the Toronto Caribbean Carnival.
On what day is Emancipation Day celebrated across the former British Empire
What is August 1st
Which Jamaican musician sang, "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds"?
Who is Bob Marley
The Transatlantic slave trade between Britain, Africa, America was abolished in what year?
When is 1807
(Slave Trade Act, 1807)
How was John Graves Simcoe memory honoured?
Simcoe Day
(First Monday of August)
In which New York borough does the Caribbean community celebrate Carnival?
Where is Brooklyn
The person known as the great conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Who is Harriet Tubman
What song is sung at the beginning of Black History events - also known as the Black National Anbthem?
What is "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
British colonies continued to enslave people until what date?
What is August 1, 1834
(Slavery Abolition Act took effect)
Which city in Nova Scotia had a community called Africville?
Halifax
In which community do British Caribbean's celebrate their annual carnival -also the title of an early Julia Roberts' romantic comedy?
Where is Knotting Hill
In what country was Marcus Garvey born?
Where is Jamaica
Which Black Baritone singer popularized songs like "Swing Low Sweet Chariot and Ol' Man River"
Who is Paul Robeson
Ontario recognized Emancipation Day in what year?
What is 2008
(Emancipation Day Act, 2008)
How was the 30th anniversary of the Ontario Black History Society marked by the provincial government?
What is declaring August 1st Emancipation Day?
In what month does Trinidad and Tobago celebrate Carnival?
What is February
In which Province did the first ship of the Black Star Line sail from?
What is Nova Scotia
(The SS Yarmouth was purchased by Marcus Garvey in 1919)
Which Aretha Franklin song is an ode to Freedom with lyrics "Oh Freedom (freedom), freedom (freedom)..."
Think
In Ontario, what year was the month of August proclaimed Emancipation month?
2021
Where did freedom seekers traveling by the Underground Railroad settle in the municipality of Chatham Kent, Ontario?
What is Buxton?
How does Barbados celebrate the sugar cane harvest from June 3rd to August 3rd?
What is Crop Over?
(The name of the Barbados Carnival)
What road led freedom seekers to cross over into Upper Canada in the 1800s?
What is the underground rail road?
Which female Black American Opera singer performed before a crowd of 75,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939?
Who is Marion Anderson