2005 A replica of the Seaview African United Baptist Church was built.

February 23, 2010 The Halifax Council ratified a proposed “Africville apology” with an 

arrangement with the Government of Canada to establish a $250,000 

Africville Heritage Trust to design a museum and build a replica of the 

community church

April 15, 2010Forty-five years later, the Honourable Mayann Elizabeth Francis, the 

Lieutenant Governor for Nova Scotia and the first Afro-Canadian to hold 

the post, invoked the Royal Prerogative and posthumously pardoned 

Desmond, declaring her innocent of wrong doing.

September 25, 

2011

The Seaview African United Baptist Church, demolished in 1969, was 

rebuilt and was ceremonially opened.

Black Canadian Curriculum – ETFO – 2014