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I'm an African American who recently arrived at Salt Spring Island in British Columbia to escape discriminatory laws that were passed in California around 1858. How did I get here? Do I have a profession? Am I a free black or a former slave? What do the following 10 years look like for me?

by /u/mrquilo in /r/AskHistorians

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