African-American settlers made a home in Saskatchewan
A little-known piece of Saskatchewan history is about to receive a high honour.
It's a history steeped in slavery, segregation, civil war and the emancipation of African-American families who received free land in Canada.
All that remains of Saskatchewan's only black pioneer settlement is a log church nestled in a grove of trees, a cemetery stippled with simple white crosses and a handful of descendants who've worked to save it all.
The proper term is revenant.
Revenant.
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