We're back!!!! It's 2018 and we are starting this year off with ........ a RIOT! Well in true Canada 150 fashion, first a bunch of ramblings and then A RIOT! ​On 26 July 1784, a mob of Loyalist settlers stormed the home of a Black preacher in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, armed with hooks and chains seized from ships in the harbour. What ensued would come to be known as North America's first race riot. Wrapped in the context of the American Revolution, slavery, the abolitionist movement and many other influencing factors, the first race riot in North America would have lasting implications throughout the British Empire. In the first of our upcoming riot themed podcasts, Brandon takes us through the storied history of the Shelburne and Birchtown Race Riots. Toast: Yukon Brewing Company - Up The Creek Birch Sap Ale Further Reading: http://blackloyalist.com/?page_id=631 http://blackloyalist.com/cdc/story/our_story.htm https://passport2017.ca/articles/episode-3-secret-life-birchtown http://w...