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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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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