related: Africville was a colony founded in Nova Scotia, Canada. It was slowly destroyed by the municipal government. "From the mid-19th century, the City of H

related: Africville was a colony founded in Nova Scotia, Canada. It was slowly destroyed by the municipal government. "From the mid-19th century, the City of Halifax located its least desirable facilities in the Africville area, where the people had little political power and property values were low. A prison was built there in 1853, an infectious disease hospital in 1870, as well as a slaughterhouse, and a depository for fecal waste from nearby Russellville." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africville https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africville