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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... given too much information . Two groups of historians may find this study of some use . Until now , however , the two audiences have been quite distinct . Few Canadian historians can be said to have read extensively in Negro history ...
... given too much information . Two groups of historians may find this study of some use . Until now , however , the two audiences have been quite distinct . Few Canadian historians can be said to have read extensively in Negro history ...
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... given me some insights into White Canadian attitudes toward fugitive slaves who had fled to Canada before the war . I was also interested in how people perceive themselves : I had been struck by a historical plaque in Windsor , Ontario ...
... given me some insights into White Canadian attitudes toward fugitive slaves who had fled to Canada before the war . I was also interested in how people perceive themselves : I had been struck by a historical plaque in Windsor , Ontario ...
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... given me much exacting and practical help by reading portions of this study as it progressed . Particular gratitude goes to C. Vann Woodward , Sterling Professor of History at Yale University , who read the entire manuscript in its ...
... given me much exacting and practical help by reading portions of this study as it progressed . Particular gratitude goes to C. Vann Woodward , Sterling Professor of History at Yale University , who read the entire manuscript in its ...
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... value judgment it implies , Negro is given its broader , or popular , meaning here , although all of the terms are used , in context . List of Abbreviations AHR BCA BM American Historical Review Provincial A Note on Terminology.
... value judgment it implies , Negro is given its broader , or popular , meaning here , although all of the terms are used , in context . List of Abbreviations AHR BCA BM American Historical Review Provincial A Note on Terminology.
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... given its legal foundation in New France between 1689 and 1709 , and had the timing been different , the institution might well have taken a firmer hold than it did . Prior to 1663 New France had been a seigneury of the Compagnie des ...
... given its legal foundation in New France between 1689 and 1709 , and had the timing been different , the institution might well have taken a firmer hold than it did . Prior to 1663 New France had been a seigneury of the Compagnie des ...
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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