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#OnThisDay in 1827, William Hall was born in #NovaScotia.
In 1857, for his actions at the Siege of Lucknow, he became the first Black person, third Canadian & first Nova Scotian, to earn the #VictoriaCross. He died in 1904.
#BlackHistory #History
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