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Originally Posted by Capsicum
Interesting that there was a 50-70 year lag. It seems really rare to have mass emigration in return migration of people two or more generations removed from the homeland because by then most have kids, settled in the new country and assimilated to the language/culture so the old world feels no longer like home (with rare exceptions like Israel and the Jewish diaspora and more unfortunate examples like Liberia and the political conflict that resulted from "returnees to Africa" African Americans).
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Some freed African-Americans moved to Nova Scotia at one point, and stayed there for a short time before eventually moving on to Liberia.
There still is an Afro-Nova Scotian community today, but judging from the number of former towns (and especially churches) built by them that dot the province, most black people who came to Nova Scotia from the U.S. eventually went elsewhere.