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and Black settlement in the prairie provinces

The Black Loyalists landed at a settlement named Birchtown

The poems are grounded in what feels like an eternal present

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Old Enough to Fight: Canada's Boy Soldiers in the First World War Compass forcing the UBetween 15,000 and 20,000 underage youths, some as young as ten, signed up to fight in Canada's armed forces in the First World War. They served in the trenches alongside their elders, and fought in all the major battles: Ypres, the Somme, Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge, and the rest. Many were injured or suffered psychological wounds. Many died. This is the first book to tell their story. Some boys joined up to escape unhappy homes and workplaces. Others