First racially motivated incident, and others since

Great Britian sent a lot of her fleet to our area to stem the slave trade. As ships of the day used sail power we were right on the path they took. The British had steam powered ships, so a lot of slaver ships were overtaken. A group of freed slaves had taken up residence on the top of Saltspring Island. The native indians of the day did not trust anyone coloured (even the Chinese), so they had them rounded up one day and kicked them off the island. Over a hundred years later the loggers (or so it is rumoured) also kicked a bunch of Hippies off that very same island. Wonder who will be next? Well, we just had a "" clean air" concert sponsored by a very well known musical figure, and if the pulp mill in Crofton was on the island I am sure it would be next on the list.
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