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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... Negro in the two centuries before the fugitives came . Nor could any real assessment be made of the meaning of the fugitive migration for Canadian history without investigating the extent of later Negro assimilation . Slowly , as its ...
... Negro in the two centuries before the fugitives came . Nor could any real assessment be made of the meaning of the fugitive migration for Canadian history without investigating the extent of later Negro assimilation . Slowly , as its ...
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... Negro slaves lived longer - but not long . The average age at death for the panis was 17.7 years , for the Negro 25.2 years . Several Negroes lived to be over eighty , while no Indian male reached seventy . Negroes , more- over , were ...
... Negro slaves lived longer - but not long . The average age at death for the panis was 17.7 years , for the Negro 25.2 years . Several Negroes lived to be over eighty , while no Indian male reached seventy . Negroes , more- over , were ...
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... negro servant " named Orange was mentioned in a will ; and in May an entrepreneur and victualler to the navy at Halifax , Joshua Mauger , advertised several Negro slaves for sale . 12 A Halifax merchant and magistrate , Malachy Salter ...
... negro servant " named Orange was mentioned in a will ; and in May an entrepreneur and victualler to the navy at Halifax , Joshua Mauger , advertised several Negro slaves for sale . 12 A Halifax merchant and magistrate , Malachy Salter ...
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... negro girls , aged fourteen and twelve . " By 1767 there was at least one slave on the Saint John River , a " rascal negro " who , according to his owner , " cannot be flattered or drove to do one - fourth a man's work . " 15 In 1768 ...
... negro girls , aged fourteen and twelve . " By 1767 there was at least one slave on the Saint John River , a " rascal negro " who , according to his owner , " cannot be flattered or drove to do one - fourth a man's work . " 15 In 1768 ...
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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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