Finding Fortune: Documenting and Imagining the Life of Rose Fortune

by Brenda J. Thompson

Overview

A daughter of runaway slaves, a Black Loyalist, the first Black police officer, a business woman and a friend of T.C. Haliburton, Rose Fortune's amazing story is told for the first time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781989347041
Publisher:	SSP Publications
Publication date:	05/01/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

Brenda Thompson has been an anti-poverty activist and writer for more than 30 years. She holds a Masters degree in Sociology from Acadia University and, as a former ‘welfare mother’ and lifetime low wage earner, she has lived with poverty issues firsthand. Living in the Annapolis Royal area of Nova Scotia, she has discovered a passion for local history.