Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 3 - a podcast by RCI | English

Olivier Le Jeune

Olivier Le Jeune is the first black person known to have lived and died in Canada. He was also Canada’s first recorded African slave. Le Jeune was about seven years old when he was brought to Canada from Madagascar during the British invasion of what was known then as New France in 1628.Duration: 2:09

https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/3-Olivier_Le_Jeune.mp3

Further episodes of RCI | English : Portraits of Black Canadians

Further podcasts by RCI | English

Website of RCI | English