From the November 22, 2020, CBC by Jordan Gill.
A community outside of Saint John will receive a stamp during next year's Black History Month according to Canada Post.
For Ralph Thomas, a descendant of the residents of Willow Grove and a proponent of black history, the honor is a long time in coming. "We have gone through the years without being recognized with some of our great folks that came to these parts and went through a very tough time to get started in life."
The community was founded in 1815 as a result of an 1812 British call to anyone living in the United States would be welcomed in the British Empire. This was primarily aimed at Blacks, both enslaved and free. Thousands of the Blacks took them up on it along the coast and especially from the Mid-Atlantic states and ended up living in New Brunswick looking for a better life.
--Brock-Perry
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