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‘No man’s land’: Descendants of Saskatchewan’s first Black group pleased with their historical past

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Editorial Board Published February 15, 2025
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The one-room Shiloh Baptist Church, constructed from hand-hewn poplar logs nestled in a small grove close to a cemetery with 37 white crosses, is a poignant reminder of Saskatchewan’s first Black settlement.

‘No man’s land’: Descendants of Saskatchewan’s first Black group pleased with their historical past

There are nonetheless descendants of the Shiloh individuals, who moved 29 kilometres north of Maidstone, Sask., from Oklahoma within the early 1900s as a part of the Nice Migration of Black settlers from america, lured by the promise of free land and a greater life.


Simply exterior of Maidstone, Sask. sits the Shiloh Baptist Church, established in 1912 it was as soon as the point of interest of the group.


Leander Lane/ Shiloh Baptist Church and Cemetery Restoration Society

Shiloh was an historic metropolis and sanctuary in historic Israel, signifying religious refuge and group gathering.

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“You’re coming over to this no man’s land. You have no idea and people have probably never seen Black people,” stated Crystal Mayes, whose great-grandmother Mattie was born into slavery and made her method to Saskatchewan along with her husband, Joseph.

“You’re coming from a farming background, but farming in Oklahoma isn’t like farming in Saskatchewan. Then you have to deal with the winters and make a way for yourself. It took an amazing amount of courage and determination and fortitude.”


Shiloh Baptist church close to Maidstone, Sask. is proven in an undated handout photograph. It was the primary Black group within the province greater than 100 years in the past.


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Within the early 1900s, a rise in discrimination within the American South led to an exodus of African People to communities in Alberta and close to Maidstone. A dozen households made the transfer to Saskatchewan from Oklahoma for the promise of free land.

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At its peak, about 50 households lived within the space.

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Click to play video: 'Still standing in Shiloh'

4:46Nonetheless standing in Shiloh


“There was a lot of information coming from Canada that they were giving land away if you wanted to break it. They actually sent two people down to Saskatchewan to check out what it was like to see if it was real,” Mayes stated.

Mayes stated her great-grandmother was a midwife and delivered each Black and white infants throughout her many years there. Over time, most different Black households needed higher alternatives.

“Long story short, the families just moved away.”

Mayes stated her household didn’t expertise plenty of discrimination in Saskatchewan, probably as a result of Mattie was a midwife, however discrimination was nonetheless fairly current on the federal stage.


A plaque designating the Shiloh Church and cemetery a provincial heritage website. was unveiled in August 2019.


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When the migration hit its peak between 1909 and 1911, a federal order-in-council barred Black individuals from Canada, deeming them “unsuitable to the climate and requirements” of the nation. It was later repealed.

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Leander Lane has written a guide, “The Road to Shiloh,” concerning the province’s first Black group and his great-grandfather, Julius Caesar Lane, additionally born into slavery.

“There was quite a lot of racism. The Canadian government wanted American farmers, but they obviously didn’t want Black farmers,” Lane stated.

“The government tried to discourage them any way they could, and the white people were screaming blue murder. There were front-page ads in the newspaper about negroes taking over.”

Lane stated those that got here to Saskatchewan had been in all probability unaware of the climate, and the back-breaking work required them “to hack their way through the bush to their farms.”

The Shiloh Baptist Church obtained Saskatchewan heritage designation in 2018, however Lane stated many individuals don’t know concerning the province’s Black historical past.

“I wouldn’t say it’s been ignored. It’s just people don’t know. They don’t talk about it,” he stated.

“I’m involved with the Shiloh Baptist Church … and even people in the area … a lot of people I came across had never heard of the church, let alone the Black history.”

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