In 1780, Thomas Peters was fighting for the British in the American Revolutionary War. A black loyalist, he resettled in Nova Scotia, where he became a politician and one of the founding fathers of Serra Leone. At the time of his death on the 25th of June, 1792, he was a Nigerian, American, Canadian, and finally a Serra Leonean citizen.

In this video her great-great-great-granddaughter, Juanita Peters, who is a celebrated actress, a renowned writer, and a respectable historian shares the real story of how blacks first migrated to Canada and how Serra Leone was founded by this amazing Nigerian.

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No wonder the Seirra leonean pidgin is very similar to that of Nigeria.

Yes they have very strong ties to Nigeria and its culture

NockMedia:
No wonder the Seirra leonean pidgin is very similar to that of Nigeria.

Speak2klein:
Yes they have very strong ties to Nigeria and its culture

Well said

In 1760, the twenty-two-year-old African, later called Thomas Peters, was captured by slave traders and sold as a slave to Colonial America on a French ship, the Henri Quatre.

His descendants are members of the Creole ethnic group, known as the Krio people, who live predominantly in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Some of his descendants also live in Canada of which Juanita Peters is a member.

I subscribed to this YouTube channel recently and I learnt very interesting history about Africa. Highly recommend. Meanwhile the Oku people of Sierra Leone are descendants mainly from Yoruba liberated Africans. 99% of the Oku people are muslims. Africa is basically one large family. I hope we realise this.

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In 1780, Thomas Peters was fighting for the British in the American Revolutionary War. A black loyalist, he resettled in Nova Scotia, where he became a politician and one of the founding fathers of Serra Leone. At the time of his death on the 25th of June, 1792, he was a Nigerian, American, Canadian, and finally a Serra Leonean citizen.

In this video her great-great-great-granddaughter, Juanita Peters, who is a celebrated actress, a renowned writer, and a respectable historian shares the real story of how blacks first migrated to Canada and how Serra Leone was founded by this amazing Nigerian.

Please watch, enjoy, comment, and subscribe for more interesting history about Africa.


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I have no doubt about her statement cos our neighbor back then in Lagos happens to have come from Sierra Leone and she was married to an Igbo man. Her pidgin is just too Nigerian for someone who wasn’t born and raised in Nigeria.

The first woman is a Nigerian, in fact, a renowned author based in Canada- Dr. Bunmi Oyinsan. The second woman is Juanita Peters, she’s from Canada but she’s a descendant of Thomas Peters who founded Sierra Leone who was originally a Nigerian.

Futurejoy:

I have no doubt about her statement cos our neighbor back then in Lagos happens to have come from Sierra Leone and she was married to an Igbo man. Her pidgin is just too Nigerian for someone who wasn’t born and raised in Nigeria.