A Quebec cemetery where black slaves are believed to be buried should be formally recognized as a historical site, say a black rights group and some Montreal city councillors. Several loyalist families leaving the United States brought slaves with them when they settled near Saint-Armand around 1784, according to the Black Coalition of Quebec. - Dan Philip, Black Coalition of Quebec presidentThe site near the Vermont border is a rocky outcropping known as "Nigger Rock," and Philip says he is in favour of keeping the controversial name, despite the Quebec government deciding in 2015 to strip the word from all place names in the province. "The impression we have [in Canada] is blacks came here to escape slavery in the U.S. by the railroads,'' he said. He points out there are records of slaves in Quebec dating to 1628, and with more than 200 in the province at one point.

Source: CBC News October 02, 2016 02:15 UTC