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Black Business Pioneer in British Columbia Deas John Sullivan

on January 19th, 2016 by The Afro News

DEAS, JOHN SULLIVAN, tinsmith and salmon canner; b. c. 1838 in South Carolina; m. 4 Sept. 1862 at Victoria, Vancouver Island, to Fanny Harris by whom he had at least eight children; d. 22 July 1880 in Portland, Ore. John Sullivan Deas, described as a mulatto, was a tinsmith in Charleston and San Francisco before

Filed under: Business, Canadian News, Local News, The Bridge Tagged as: Black community, Black History Month, black migrants, canning industry in British Columbia, Fraser River, gold rush, John Sullivan Deas, trade in Victoria, Vancouver Island
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