Photos of Black Canadian or African Diasporic midwives and evidence of birth attendance in Canada
<p dir="ltr">The first photo is of Esther Roan (1856-1917) Alias Ester Roan, Hester Roan. Primary and Secondary sources may be found in another archive. <a href="https://doi.org/10.32920/30165622.v2" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.32920/30165622.v2</a...
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2025
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| Summary: | <p dir="ltr">The first photo is of Esther Roan (1856-1917) Alias Ester Roan, Hester Roan. Primary and Secondary sources may be found in another archive. <a href="https://doi.org/10.32920/30165622.v2" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.32920/30165622.v2</a></p><p dir="ltr">Maps of the community of her residence (Africville) may be found in this archive: <a href="https://doi.org/10.32920/30192640.v1" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.32920/30192640.v1</a></p><p dir="ltr">Evidence of the presence and birth work of Black African Diasporic or African immigrants and refugees to Canada between 1800-1960. Some of these midwives were first generation Americans or first generation Caribbean women who emigrated to Canada. Their parents might have been enslaved Africans. Some were second, third or fourth generation Canadians whose communities had been established since the early 1800s. Many of these communities were segregated, low resourced, rural and remote. They hail from Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta.</p> |
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