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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... .. but the tremendous fire from ... fort and shipping rendered it impossible . Our brave troops advanced to dispute the ground but ... William Lyon Mackenzie ( right ) led the brief Rebellion. 116 The Freedom - Seekers.
... .. but the tremendous fire from ... fort and shipping rendered it impossible . Our brave troops advanced to dispute the ground but ... William Lyon Mackenzie ( right ) led the brief Rebellion. 116 The Freedom - Seekers.
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... fire and put it out of commission . The Caroline was swept away by the strong current of the Niagara River and carried over the Falls . Even before the government enlisted their support , Blacks of several communities formed volunteer ...
... fire and put it out of commission . The Caroline was swept away by the strong current of the Niagara River and carried over the Falls . Even before the government enlisted their support , Blacks of several communities formed volunteer ...
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... fire - fighting force in 1842. In March of that year , when fire destroyed a barbershop and two frame houses , the Company's swift action prevented the blaze from spreading . Three years earlier , in 1840 , another Black corps had been ...
... fire - fighting force in 1842. In March of that year , when fire destroyed a barbershop and two frame houses , the Company's swift action prevented the blaze from spreading . Three years earlier , in 1840 , another Black corps had been ...
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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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Demonic Grounds: Black Women And the Cartographies of Struggle Katherine McKittrick Pré-visualização limitada |
No Burden to Carry: Narratives of Black Working Women in Ontario, 1920s-1950s Dionne Brand Visualização de excertos - 1991 |