'He was a man on a mission': Eddie Carvery remembered for keeping memory of Africville alive
CBC
Eddie Carvery, the activist who crusaded for reparations for the former residents of Africville, N.S., has died of cancer.
Carvery was born in 1946 in Africville, a Black community that stood on the shores of the Bedford Basin.
The town was bulldozed in the 1960s after decades of mistreatment and neglect from the City of Halifax to make way for industrial developments, including the MacKay Bridge.
Carvery, 79, lived in a trailer on the grounds of Africville Park for more than 50 years in protest of the destruction of the community.
"He was an anchor of memory, a reminder that Africville has not gone away, it was not destroyed," said El Jones.
"His trailer in Africville was a site you'd bring people to see when they went out to Africville, to understand that Africville is still living and the people are still connected."
Residents who had deeds to their property were compensated according to the market value of their homes, but those who didn't, which was much of the town's population, were given $500.
Carvery began his protest in 1970, taking up residence on the site of the former town in what was then Seaview Park.
He called for individual financial compensation for the former residents and the restoration of the land to them.
"He was on a mission. Nothing could deter him from the path that he was on," said Eddy Carvery III, his grandson. "There was lots of suffering, but he somehow found a way to keep pushing forward, and that was through the love of his community."
Carvery III said that he intends to carry on his grandfather's fight for reparations.
"Most people get to inherit some kind of wealth, a home. I inherited a duty, but I couldn't be more proud of it," he said.
Despite multiple eviction orders, most recently in July of 2025, and the destruction of his trailers in 2019, Carvery maintained his protest. He did reduce his time at the Africville site in recent years due to health concerns, living part-time in an apartment.
Carvery faced legal issues beyond the evictions.
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