[1] Racial tensions arose between August 1867 and December 1868, when three Black men were murdered in the community of Vesuvius Bay.

The murderers were largely blamed on the local coastal Indigenous community.

This resulted in racial tensions in the area, which led to a dwindling number of Black residents on Salt Spring Island.

[1] Much of the youth moved away to Victoria, Vancouver, and on occasion to the United States.

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