From its beginnings in the early nineteenth century, the Canadian anti-slavery movement was centred in Ontario. The campaign against slavery in America was two-pronged. Ontario abolitionists sought to enlist public support in the growing international crusade against slavery by organizing antislavery societies, and, through other institutions such as the Elgin Association, Canadian abolitionists responded to the immediate needs of the often destitute fugitive slaves who crossed the border. Individuals too - notably Peter Brown, Thomas Rolph, John Roaf, and Hiram Wilson - played crucial roles in the antislavery movement, particularly during the hiatus between the premature collapse of the Upper Canada Anti-Slavery Society in the late 1830s and the formation of the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada at mid-century.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 306.3/62/0971309034
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-on
- ISBN
- 9780773563490 0773509186
- LCCN
- HT1052
- LCCN Item number
- S76 1992eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xvi, 273 p., [6] p. of plates)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00207796 (OCoLC)191818967 (CaOOCEL)407478
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Tables 10
- Abbreviations 13
- Preface 14
- Introduction 20
- 1 The Loyalists and Slavery 24
- 2 Roots: The British Connection 36
- 3 Helping the Lord against the Mighty 60
- 4 A Feeble Voice from the Backwoods of Canada 75
- 5 Land, an Interest in the Soil, and a Christian Education 99
- 6 Educating the Public 131
- 7 The Church and Antislavery 165
- 8 A Question of Identity 194
- 9 Ontario and the Freedman 213
- 10 Retrospect 238
- Notes 244
- Bibliography 268
- Index 288
- A 288
- B 289
- C 289
- D 290
- E 290
- F 291
- G 291
- H 292
- I 292
- J 292
- K 292
- L 292
- M 293
- N 293
- O 294
- P 294
- Q 294
- R 294
- S 295
- T 295
- U 295
- V 296
- W 296
- Y 296
- Z 296
- Illustrations 125
