The Freedom-seekers: Blacks in Early CanadaBook Society of Canada, 1981 - 242 páginas Black Loyalists and their families were among the first settlers in Nova Scotia and Upper Canada. As abolitiion movements and the Underground Railroad gained support, Black slaves and refugees flooded into Canada determined to build new lives for themselves and their children. The Freedom-Seekers chronicles the phenomenal success story of their struggle to break the chains of slavery and gain the full rights of citizenship in their adopted country. |
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... Buxton Mission The Elgin Settlement , including the Buxton Mission , was the brainchild of a tough - minded , intelligent Presbyterian , the Reverend William King . Born on November 11 , 1812 in Ireland , King attended Glasgow ...
... Buxton Mission The Elgin Settlement , including the Buxton Mission , was the brainchild of a tough - minded , intelligent Presbyterian , the Reverend William King . Born on November 11 , 1812 in Ireland , King attended Glasgow ...
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... Buxton Mission's church and schools , and King decided to take his own savings , mortgage his land and travel in ... Buxton Buildings at Buxton , 1860 . Savings Bank which accepted for deposit " ... sums of ten cents and upwards ...
... Buxton Mission's church and schools , and King decided to take his own savings , mortgage his land and travel in ... Buxton Buildings at Buxton , 1860 . Savings Bank which accepted for deposit " ... sums of ten cents and upwards ...
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... Buxton . 16 after the first Negroes arrived . The vegetables came from approximately two hundred front - yard gardens of two hundred homes in Buxton.56 Dr. Willis and Dr. Reid of the Presbyterian Synod made after - dinner speeches ...
... Buxton . 16 after the first Negroes arrived . The vegetables came from approximately two hundred front - yard gardens of two hundred homes in Buxton.56 Dr. Willis and Dr. Reid of the Presbyterian Synod made after - dinner speeches ...
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Opposition to Slavery | 14 |
The Road to Freedom | 24 |
Refugees and Their Havens | 44 |
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The Freedom-seekers: Blacks in Early Canada Daniel D. Hill,Daniel G. Hill Visualização de excertos - 1992 |
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Abbott abolitionist American Amherstburg Anderson Ruffin Abbott anti-slavery arrived Baptist Church became began BENJAMIN DREW Black children Black community Black families Black population Black refugees Black settlers Black slaves Board bought Brant Brantford British Brown building built Butler Buxton Canada West Captain Catharines Chatham Collingwood colony colored common school Company congregation County Detroit district Elgin escaped slaves farm free Blacks freedom fugitive slaves George grants Hamilton Henry Bibb Henson Ibid Isaac Riley James John Josiah Henson King Street labourers Lake land later lived London Loyalists Mary Ann Shadd meeting Methodist Mission Negro Niagara North Nova Scotia Ontario Owen Sound owners Peter Presbyterian province Provincial Freeman pupils Queen's Bush Reverend River runaways Sandwich school for Black settled Simcoe Simcoe County slave-owners slavery Society sold teacher Toronto town town's Township Underground Railroad Upper Canada Wilberforce William Windsor York
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