Hailed as the most sweeping history of African-Canadians ever written when it first appeared, The Blacks in Canada remai
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English Pages 576 [577] Year 1997
Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
A Note on Terminology
List of Abbreviations
1. Slavery in New France, 1628–1760
2. Slavery, the Loyalists, and English Canada, 1760–1801
3. "Back to Africa," 1791–1801
4. The Attack on Slavery in British North America, 1793–1833
5. The Refugee Negroes
6. The Coming of the Fugitive Slave, 1815–1861
7. The Canadian Canaan, 1842–1870
8. A Continental Abolitionism?
9. West of the Rockies
10. To the Nadir, 1865–1930
11. Source of Strength?—The Church
12. Source of Strength?—The Schools
13. Source of Strength?—The Press
14. Self-Help and a New Awakening, 1930–1970
15. The Black Tile in the Mosaic
Appendix: How Many Negroes in Canada?
Table: Some Indicative Census Returns
Note on Sources
Index
A
B
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D
E
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G
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P
Q
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T
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W
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