The Nova Scotia Gleaner

After moving to Nova Scotia from Tobago, Frederick Allan Hamilton eventually earned a degree from Dalhousie University, then returned to Cape Breton to practice law.^[3] In August 1929, the first issue of The Nova Scotia Gleaner was published in Sydney, Nova Scotia and edited by the Sydney lawyer.^[4]

The publication is described as three double-sided pages long and included local and regional news, community notes, political commentary, job openings, and other ads.^[5] The newspaper supported activism and covered stories that affected African Nova Scotian communities around the province.^[6]