University of Ottawa
Honorary Research Associate
Fredericton Region Museum
This Education Guide is intended to complement the short Heritage Fair video prepared by the Fredericton Region Museum, entitled “The Slavery Trial of Nancy, February 4-8, 1800”. The purpose of this material is to enhance your students’ learning experience, and to help create awareness that slavery really did happen here in New Brunswick.
Nancy’s powerful story of human bondage is rarely shared in the classroom, due to the disturbing nature of the language of the time, and the cruel realizations that New Brunswick’s colonial past has been far less than ideal. Nancy’s story, however, gives us all reason to pause and reflect upon equality, liberty, justice, and freedom.
Before viewing the video, please discuss the language and concepts students will encounter. Inside this guide you’ll find information to assist, as well as transcripts of the archival evidence presented in the video. You will also find guiding questions designed to lead your students in thinking about the Historical Significance of Nancy and her trial. Read more...
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