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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... church . Of 573 children of slaves for whom there is adequate record , 59.5 percent were born outside any form of marriage , and while in many cases the parents may have been of the same race , the entry in the registers -- pere inconnu ...
... church . Of 573 children of slaves for whom there is adequate record , 59.5 percent were born outside any form of marriage , and while in many cases the parents may have been of the same race , the entry in the registers -- pere inconnu ...
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... church . As in other Roman Catholic colonies , the church tended to soften the effects of slavery even as it condoned it . Neither the church nor the state in French territories faced the reality of slavery so readily as in some Span ...
... church . As in other Roman Catholic colonies , the church tended to soften the effects of slavery even as it condoned it . Neither the church nor the state in French territories faced the reality of slavery so readily as in some Span ...
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... church actively oppose the institution , and there is no record of any clergyman having spoken out against it . However , the clergy were scarcely in a position to lead an attack on slavery . The power of the church declined after the ...
... church actively oppose the institution , and there is no record of any clergyman having spoken out against it . However , the clergy were scarcely in a position to lead an attack on slavery . The power of the church declined after the ...
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... Church , William Henry ( Sorel ) , the original of which is in the office of the Protonotaire for Richelieu County , Sorel , P.Q. , a copy being in PAC ; the book of marriages , baptisms , and burials for Christ Church , Montreal , 1766 ...
... Church , William Henry ( Sorel ) , the original of which is in the office of the Protonotaire for Richelieu County , Sorel , P.Q. , a copy being in PAC ; the book of marriages , baptisms , and burials for Christ Church , Montreal , 1766 ...
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... church found in slavery , one feels , an irrelevancy ; had it grown in France , the church would have gone along with it ; as it died , the church let it . In the French West Indies and in Latin America after 1789 , the slave codes were ...
... church found in slavery , one feels , an irrelevancy ; had it grown in France , the church would have gone along with it ; as it died , the church let it . In the French West Indies and in Latin America after 1789 , the slave codes were ...
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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