... have not been treated fairly. Slavery played an enormous role in the formation of Canada. Perhaps the first Black person to arrive in Canada was named Mattieu da Costa. He was a guide and translator with a French expedition led by Pierre de Gua, Sieur du Monts. This expedition established a colony called Port Royal ... demand of field, workers and servants did as well and in the year 1689 King Louis 12 of France allowed settlers to use slaves. In the early 1600's, British, French, Spanish, Dutch and Swedish settlements dotted the east coast of North America. The Europeans fought with each...

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