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WEB: African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery & Abolition In honour of the United Nations' designation of 2004 as the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management is proud to present African Nova Scotians in the Age of Slavery and Abolition www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/africanns WWW users worldwide now have an exciting new way to find out about African Nova Scotian history. A virtual exhibit and online resource providing access to a wide variety of documentary sources, including government documents, letters, newspaper articles, maps and works of art. Includes a fully searchable database containing names of about 5000 African American immigrants who came to Nova Scotia in 1783 and 1815-16. Also a virtual exhibit featuring photographs of early black settlements and descendants of original settlers, 1880-1955. Margaret Campbell Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management 902-424-6076 E-mail: campbemj@gov.ns.ca