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.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971/.00496
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9780773566682
- LCCN
- F1035.N3
- LCCN Item number
- W565 1997eb
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xxiii, 546 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)jme00326565 (OCoLC)144083837 (CaOOCEL)400573
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Preface 10
- Preface to the Second Edition 14
- Acknowledgments 20
- A Note on Terminology 22
- List of Abbreviations 23
- 1. Slavery in New France, 1628–1760 32
- 2. Slavery, the Loyalists, and English Canada, 1760–1801 55
- 3. "Back to Africa," 1791–1801 92
- 4. The Attack on Slavery in British North America, 1793–1833 127
- 5. The Refugee Negroes 145
- 6. The Coming of the Fugitive Slave, 1815–1861 173
- 7. The Canadian Canaan, 1842–1870 209
- 8. A Continental Abolitionism? 264
- 9. West of the Rockies 303
- 10. To the Nadir, 1865–1930 319
- 11. Source of Strength?—The Church 368
- 12. Source of Strength?—The Schools 393
- 13. Source of Strength?—The Press 421
- 14. Self-Help and a New Awakening, 1930–1970 444
- 15. The Black Tile in the Mosaic 501
- Appendix: How Many Negroes in Canada? 515
- Table: Some Indicative Census Returns 517
- Note on Sources 528
- Index 552
- A 552
- B 553
- C 555
- D 558
- E 559
- F 560
- G 561
- H 561
- I 563
- J 563
- K 564
- L 564
- M 565
- N 567
- O 568
- P 569
- Q 570
- R 570
- S 572
- T 574
- U 575
- V 575
- W 576
- Y 577
- Z 577
- Maps 25
