Assignment #6 Black history month ( Mathieu Da Costa )

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This is my assignment #6 blog. The assignment was to write something about an important figure in Canada's history who has African descent. Thus the title BLACK HISTORY MONTH Assignment!





Mathieu Da Costa was very important in Canadian history. He was the first recorded black person in Canada. He was a very gifted interpreter in the crew of Pierre Dugua, the sieur de mots, and Samuel de champlain, he was said to have known Dutch, French, Portuguese, and pidgin basque, which was the dialect that many aboriginals used for trading purposes, therefore I think that he might have been very crucial in the trade with the aboriginals. For this reason Champlain gave Da Costa the job of interpreter, who's talents helped bridge the gap between the europeans and Mi'kmak people. It is thought that he came to Canada some time before 1603, to learn the M'ikmak dialect. Some people say that he travelled the St.Lawrence river and worked somewhere near Canada's Atlantic coast (which is located on the east side of Canada).
A question that is frequently asked is how did he learn how to communicate with the aboriginals,the answer to that question is that the aboriginal dialect might have been similar to an African dialect (probably the one from his home land in Africa).


This information was found on wikipedia


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