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. |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-3 de 9
Página 60
... trip to Canada in 1844 Levi Coffin , ' president ' of the UGR , looked into the conditions in which refu- gees were living . No doubt his services to hundreds of escaping slaves had opened his eyes to the very great difficulties of ...
... trip to Canada in 1844 Levi Coffin , ' president ' of the UGR , looked into the conditions in which refu- gees were living . No doubt his services to hundreds of escaping slaves had opened his eyes to the very great difficulties of ...
Página 69
... trip amounted to $ 7000 ; in addition he charged the colony $ 50 a month for the three years he was away , so that the settlement did not benefit at all . Paul even claimed on his return that the settlers still owed him $ 1600 in fees ...
... trip amounted to $ 7000 ; in addition he charged the colony $ 50 a month for the three years he was away , so that the settlement did not benefit at all . Paul even claimed on his return that the settlers still owed him $ 1600 in fees ...
Página 191
... trip through Canada West . In the book he later wrote , he recorded his interviews of many refugees who had escaped from the U.S.A. to Canada . " In the settlement of Queen's Bush , now known as the township of Peel ... " Drew talked ...
... trip through Canada West . In the book he later wrote , he recorded his interviews of many refugees who had escaped from the U.S.A. to Canada . " In the settlement of Queen's Bush , now known as the township of Peel ... " Drew talked ...
Índice
Opposition to Slavery | 14 |
The Road to Freedom | 24 |
Refugees and Their Havens | 44 |
Direitos de autor | |
10 outras secções não apresentadas
Outras edições - Ver tudo
The Freedom-seekers: Blacks in Early Canada Daniel D. Hill,Daniel G. Hill Visualização de excertos - 1992 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
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
Referências a este livro
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 |