Blacks in Canada
A History
2nd Edition
Published on 13. February 1997
576 pages
978-0-7735-6668-2 (ISBN)
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Hailed as the most sweeping history of African-Canadians ever written when it first appeared, The Blacks in Canada remains the only historical survey that covers all aspects of the Black experience in Canada, from the introduction of slavery in 1628 to th
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Winks Robin W.:
Robin W. Winks (1930-2003) was Randolph W. Townsend Professor of History and chair of the Department of History, Yale University.
Robin W. Winks (1930-2003) was Randolph W. Townsend Professor of History and chair of the Department of History, Yale University.
Content
- Intro
- 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
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
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- Maps
