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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... land before 1949 ) . When technical accuracy is required , as in dealing with legal matters , more precise terms are used . New France refers to the French colony prior to 1763. The Maritime Provinces are Nova Scotia , New Brunswick ...
... land before 1949 ) . When technical accuracy is required , as in dealing with legal matters , more precise terms are used . New France refers to the French colony prior to 1763. The Maritime Provinces are Nova Scotia , New Brunswick ...
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... land was cultivated by Negroes so that white energies could be directed to trade . In New France , the intendant sug- gested , Negroes could till the soil , fish for cod , saw timber , build ships , and exploit the iron mines " out of ...
... land was cultivated by Negroes so that white energies could be directed to trade . In New France , the intendant sug- gested , Negroes could till the soil , fish for cod , saw timber , build ships , and exploit the iron mines " out of ...
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... land . 43 Clearly cotton and sugarcane could not be grown in the far north , and the land was neither abundant , as laid out , nor rich . But slavery was conditioned not only by soils , topography , climate , and certain assumptions ...
... land . 43 Clearly cotton and sugarcane could not be grown in the far north , and the land was neither abundant , as laid out , nor rich . But slavery was conditioned not only by soils , topography , climate , and certain assumptions ...
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... lands to settlers from New England in 1759 , blacks again were given the same opportunities to come as whites.11 The first ... Land Use in the New Glasgow Region , " Geographical Bulletin , no . 7 ( 1955 ) , p . 45 ; James F. More , The ...
... lands to settlers from New England in 1759 , blacks again were given the same opportunities to come as whites.11 The first ... Land Use in the New Glasgow Region , " Geographical Bulletin , no . 7 ( 1955 ) , p . 45 ; James F. More , The ...
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... land - clearing fields , chopping wood against the long winters , and building ships . Five results of this influx of Loyalists are clear . The number of slaves increased rapidly . The defense of slavery received a number of vocal and ...
... land - clearing fields , chopping wood against the long winters , and building ships . Five results of this influx of Loyalists are clear . The number of slaves increased rapidly . The defense of slavery received a number of vocal and ...
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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