Blacks in Canada: A HistoryMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1997 M02 13 - 576 pages Using an impressive array of primary and secondary materials, Robin Winks details the diverse experiences of Black immigrants to Canada, including Black slaves brought to Nova Scotia and the Canadas by Loyalists at the end of the American Revolution, Black refugees who fled to Nova Scotia following the War of 1812, Jamaican Maroons, and fugitive slaves who fled to British North America. He also looks at Black West Coast businessmen who helped found British Columbia, particularly Victoria, and Black settlement in the prairie provinces. Throughout Winks explores efforts by African-Canadians to establish and maintain meaningful lifestyles in Canada. The Blacks in Canada investigates the French and English periods of slavery, the abolitionist movement in Canada, and the role played by Canadians in the broader continental antislavery crusade, as well as Canadian adaptations to nineteenth- and twentieth-century racial mores. The second edition includes a new introduction by Winks on changes that have occurred since the book's first appearance and where African-Canadian studies stands today. |
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... American , as a contribution to the continuing search for a Canadian identity . A third desire is to show the Negro as an actor in the context of an emerging national history , as a person who acts and reacts as well as one acted upon ...
... American , as a contribution to the continuing search for a Canadian identity . A third desire is to show the Negro as an actor in the context of an emerging national history , as a person who acts and reacts as well as one acted upon ...
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... American attitudes , to show the African - Canadian as an actor in the emerging national history of Canada , and to deal with a neglected aspect of Canadian - American relations . I was by training a comparative and a diplomatic ...
... American attitudes , to show the African - Canadian as an actor in the emerging national history of Canada , and to deal with a neglected aspect of Canadian - American relations . I was by training a comparative and a diplomatic ...
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... American Provinces and they were , despite the term provinces , colonies . The Crown Colony of Vancouver Island was proclaimed in 1849 , and it did not unite with British Columbia until 1866 ; references to British Columbia prior to the ...
... American Provinces and they were , despite the term provinces , colonies . The Crown Colony of Vancouver Island was proclaimed in 1849 , and it did not unite with British Columbia until 1866 ; references to British Columbia prior to the ...
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... America.44 But at the time most observers was writing of " the right of conquest " and the " obedience always due to ... American Geographical Society , 43 ( 1911 ) , 13-26 , 106–18 , 170–81 . 44. See Alfred H. Conrad and John R. Meyer ...
... America.44 But at the time most observers was writing of " the right of conquest " and the " obedience always due to ... American Geographical Society , 43 ( 1911 ) , 13-26 , 106–18 , 170–81 . 44. See Alfred H. Conrad and John R. Meyer ...
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... American Race Prejudice , ” Comparative Studies in Society and History , 2 ( 1959 ) , 49–66 ; David Brion Davis , The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture ( Ithaca , N.Y. , 1966 ) , pp . 223-61 ; and Winthrop D. Jordan , White Over ...
... American Race Prejudice , ” Comparative Studies in Society and History , 2 ( 1959 ) , 49–66 ; David Brion Davis , The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture ( Ithaca , N.Y. , 1966 ) , pp . 223-61 ; and Winthrop D. Jordan , White Over ...
Contents
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3 Back to Africa 17911801 | 61 |
4 The Attack on Slavery in British North America 17931833 | 96 |
5 The Refugee Negroes | 114 |
6 The Coming of the Fugitive Slave 18151861 | 142 |
7 The Canadian Canaan 18421870 | 178 |
8 A Continental Abolitionism? | 233 |
11 Source of Strength?The Church | 337 |
12 Source of Strength?The Schools | 362 |
13 Source of Strength?The Press | 390 |
14 SelfHelp and a New Awakening 19301970 | 413 |
15 The Black Tile in the Mosaic | 470 |
How Many Negroes in Canada? | 484 |
Some Indicative Census Returns | 486 |
Note on Sources | 497 |
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