Black/African Canadian History Month lecture

Carol’s great grandfather, Edward LaFayette, was a descendent of freed slaves in Virginia. He travelled to Iowa in 1870 and his son, Carol’s grandfather, Lewis LaFayette left Iowa in 1906, arriving in Regina with his wife Lillie, son Ernest and brother Goldie. Carol’s father was born in Regina in 1907. Lewis LaFayette began homesteading near Fiske, Saskatchewan in 1911.

More information at: http://www.uregina.ca/events/blackafrican-canadian-history-month-lecture