North to Bondage

Loyalist Slavery in the Maritimes

Nonfiction, History, Canada, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations
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Author: Harvey Amani Whitfield ISBN: 9780774832311
Publisher: UBC Press Publication: February 1, 2016
Imprint: UBC Press Language: English
Author: Harvey Amani Whitfield
ISBN: 9780774832311
Publisher: UBC Press
Publication: February 1, 2016
Imprint: UBC Press
Language: English

Many Canadians believe their nation fell on the right side of history in harbouring escaped slaves from the United States. In fact, in the wake of the American Revolution, many Loyalist families brought slaves with them when they settled in the Maritime colonies of British North America. Once there, slaves used their traditions of survival, resistance, and kinship networks to negotiate their new reality. Harvey Amani Whitfield’s book, the first on slavery in the Maritimes, is a startling corrective to the enduring and triumphant narrative of Canada as a land of freedom at the end of the Underground Railroad.

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Many Canadians believe their nation fell on the right side of history in harbouring escaped slaves from the United States. In fact, in the wake of the American Revolution, many Loyalist families brought slaves with them when they settled in the Maritime colonies of British North America. Once there, slaves used their traditions of survival, resistance, and kinship networks to negotiate their new reality. Harvey Amani Whitfield’s book, the first on slavery in the Maritimes, is a startling corrective to the enduring and triumphant narrative of Canada as a land of freedom at the end of the Underground Railroad.

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