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and several associates and established its headquarters in Harlem by 1916. Dr. Ligoure was responsible for giving instructions to the
Dominica Brotherhood Union so to form a chapter in Roseau. The doctor gave a rousing speech to the Brotherhood in January 1920. The evening’s proceedings were recorded
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At first his only support was from his housekeeper, Miss Bessie Waith, and his boarder, H.D. Nicholas, a
Pullman porter. On 10 December, Ligoure requested assistance from City Hall and received two nurses to come with him to establish an "official dressing station" for changing and applying bandages.
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Halifax, the former house of Ligoure (of which only a part still stands) was given heritage status on 24 January 2023. The decision by Halifax's regional council followed lobbying efforts by the Friends of Halifax Common and several notable Black community members. The house is listed at 5812-14
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originally founded by
Wilfred Adolphus DeCosta. Publication took place in the home he had purchased in 1917 at 166 North Street. It was the first newspaper in Nova Scotia owned and published by Black Canadians. The newspaper ran from 1915 to 1917 and its masthead read: "Devoted to the interests of
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In 1919, Dr. Ligoure came down with an unspecified illness which eventually forced him to close down his
Halifax practice. He returned to Port of Spain in June of 1921. Almost a year later, during a visit with his brother Clarence in Tobago, Dr. Ligoure contracted malignant malaria. He was
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His work continued to 28 December, with records indicating nearly 200 patients were helped each day. His patients were almost all White. According to archival records, patients were not charged. This work has led him to be recognized as a "local hero" and "unsung hero".
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on 6 December 1917, Ligoure worked long hours to treat blast victims. Some of the patients that filled his clinic had been unable to get medical help elsewhere. In a statement to Dr. Archibald MacMechan, Ligoure conveyed that he worked day and
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In spite of the warning of a second explosion, he worked steadily till 8 p.m. ... Seven people spent the night in his office, laid upon blankets. On
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Dr. Clement Courtenay Ligoure: Publishing, Social Advocacy and the 1917 Halifax Disaster.
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Dr. Clement Courtenay Ligoure: Publishing, Social Advocacy and the 1917 Halifax Disaster
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Dominion over Palm and Pine: A History of Canadian Aspirations in the British Caribbean
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