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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Page xiii
... received in British North America , what they did when they were on Canadian soil , and what the answers to these two questions might tell us about Canada . I soon realized that I could not limit my study in this way , however , for ...
... received in British North America , what they did when they were on Canadian soil , and what the answers to these two questions might tell us about Canada . I soon realized that I could not limit my study in this way , however , for ...
Page xv
... this point before moving on to what I regard as a genuine weakness of the book simply because I have received so many questions about title and content . The issue of language led some commentators to Preface to the Second Edition χν.
... this point before moving on to what I regard as a genuine weakness of the book simply because I have received so many questions about title and content . The issue of language led some commentators to Preface to the Second Edition χν.
Page 7
... received royal sanction as being applicable to all colonies in the New World , it did apply , he appears to confuse the code itself with the Coutume's regulation concerning meubles . Trudel ( pp . 27 , 163 , 213 , 316 ) points out that ...
... received royal sanction as being applicable to all colonies in the New World , it did apply , he appears to confuse the code itself with the Coutume's regulation concerning meubles . Trudel ( pp . 27 , 163 , 213 , 316 ) points out that ...
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... received the sacrament of confirmation , and at least twenty slaves were given the sacrament of the Eucharist.34 When the Christian slave died , he was buried as a Christian . French owners ( in contrast to English ) often witnessed the ...
... received the sacrament of confirmation , and at least twenty slaves were given the sacrament of the Eucharist.34 When the Christian slave died , he was buried as a Christian . French owners ( in contrast to English ) often witnessed the ...
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... received the surrender documents , accepted the clause , reserv- ing those slaves who had been taken prisoner by the British during the fighting.1 On the following day Vaudreuil wrote to the French commandant at Detroit to inform him of ...
... received the surrender documents , accepted the clause , reserv- ing those slaves who had been taken prisoner by the British during the fighting.1 On the following day Vaudreuil wrote to the French commandant at Detroit to inform him of ...
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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