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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A History Robin W. Winks. Acknowledgments Literally hundreds of academicians , archivists , librarians , local ... hundred titles through interlibrary loans and purchased at least as many more titles from its William Inglis Morse ...
A History Robin W. Winks. Acknowledgments Literally hundreds of academicians , archivists , librarians , local ... hundred titles through interlibrary loans and purchased at least as many more titles from its William Inglis Morse ...
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... hundred and one Negroes from the company at six hundred livres each . In June 1721 , the Navy Board informed Bégon that it would have the company carry a cargo of Africans to Quebec , but no action appears to have been 21. Collection de ...
... hundred and one Negroes from the company at six hundred livres each . In June 1721 , the Navy Board informed Bégon that it would have the company carry a cargo of Africans to Quebec , but no action appears to have been 21. Collection de ...
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... hundred and ten Negroes acquired Chris- tian names in this way . Given names also were taken from the family-- Marie , Joseph , Jean - Baptiste , and Pierre were especially common - while in other slave societies classical names such as ...
... hundred and ten Negroes acquired Chris- tian names in this way . Given names also were taken from the family-- Marie , Joseph , Jean - Baptiste , and Pierre were especially common - while in other slave societies classical names such as ...
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... hundred livres while the Negro brought nine hun- dred livres ; again , the latter's greater expense helped to protect him against abuse.39 37. Lafontaine Papers , fol . 5559 ; Sulte , " L'esclavage en Canada , " p . 325 . 38. Gazette ...
... hundred livres while the Negro brought nine hun- dred livres ; again , the latter's greater expense helped to protect him against abuse.39 37. Lafontaine Papers , fol . 5559 ; Sulte , " L'esclavage en Canada , " p . 325 . 38. Gazette ...
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... hundred in all . In 1791 Quebec was divided into two provinces , and Britain pre- served the French laws for Lower Canada while introducing English civil law into Upper Canada . English criminal law was applied in both Canadas . The ...
... hundred in all . In 1791 Quebec was divided into two provinces , and Britain pre- served the French laws for Lower Canada while introducing English civil law into Upper Canada . English criminal law was applied in both Canadas . The ...
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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