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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... five years . ) More has been done , and more remains to be done , on the period after World War I. Further research is needed on Black women , on trade unionism , on immigration from Latin America and Africa . Far more must be written ...
... five years . ) More has been done , and more remains to be done , on the period after World War I. Further research is needed on Black women , on trade unionism , on immigration from Latin America and Africa . Far more must be written ...
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... Five Islands 24. Parrsboro 25. Blomidon 26. Truro 27. Onslow 28. Stewiacke 29. Musquodoboit Harbour 30. Porters Loke 31. Dipper's Creek 41. Halifax 42. Africville 43. Sambro 44. Prospect 45. Chester 46. Mahone Boy 47. Bridgewater 48 ...
... Five Islands 24. Parrsboro 25. Blomidon 26. Truro 27. Onslow 28. Stewiacke 29. Musquodoboit Harbour 30. Porters Loke 31. Dipper's Creek 41. Halifax 42. Africville 43. Sambro 44. Prospect 45. Chester 46. Mahone Boy 47. Bridgewater 48 ...
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... five years Jean Talon , " The Great Intendant , " labored to diversify the economy of New France . Under Talon and his immediate successors the colony was a projection into the New World of a growing , centralized society near the ...
... five years Jean Talon , " The Great Intendant , " labored to diversify the economy of New France . Under Talon and his immediate successors the colony was a projection into the New World of a growing , centralized society near the ...
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... five slaves in 1743 - and families seldom can have been divided . Most slaves were purchased before they were twenty years old and remained with one family , to be willed to the next generation if they survived . In one thirty - year ...
... five slaves in 1743 - and families seldom can have been divided . Most slaves were purchased before they were twenty years old and remained with one family , to be willed to the next generation if they survived . In one thirty - year ...
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... five white coworkers did , and two free Negro masons.1o In 1749 the British govern- ment offered passage , provisions , muskets , and ammunition to settlers , and free Negroes were included ; in 1750 fifteen or more were victualed at ...
... five white coworkers did , and two free Negro masons.1o In 1749 the British govern- ment offered passage , provisions , muskets , and ammunition to settlers , and free Negroes were included ; in 1750 fifteen or more were victualed at ...
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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