Black then : Blacks and Montreal, 1780-1880's / Frank Mackey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mackey, Frank.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History--18th century.

Black people.

Black people--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History--19th century.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 225 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2004]

Contents:

Beachcombing: By Way of Introduction ix

1 The Truth about Rose 3

2 Toujours L'Amour 8

3 Mister Whisky Himself 15

4 If You Say So 22

5 Charlotte, She Got the Ball Rolling 25

6 One Amazing Amazon 33

7 Charity Didn't Do It 35

8 The World Turned Upside Down 39

9 The King of France 42

10 Just Julia 46

11 Isaac the Impossible 48

12 Cold Case 50

13 Home at Last 55

14 A Whole New Light 59

15 Trim the Gardener 65

16 Agent of the Liberator 76

17 The Valentines' Day 85

18 Messing with Dragons 89

19 Things You've Got to Wonder About 107

20 Gabriel, Be an Angel and Blow That Horn 112

21 Bad News Lewis 120

22 Taking Care of Robert 127

23 Philomene's Third Birthday 129

24 Jericho! 135

25 The Centaur 139

26 Trial of the Century 148

27 Mr Wood as a Matter of Fact 151

28 Cook's Place 158

29 Same Old Song 167

30 The Perfect Crime 172

The End, for Now 180

Documents

First petition of the Montreal Slavemasters, 1799 187

Second Petition of the Montreal Slavemasters, 1800 191

Circular address, by Paola Brown, 1832 194

Alexander Grant's Speech, August 1, 1834 196

The Last Days of Martha Hyers, 1841 199

Crisis in North America, by Israel Lewis, 1846 200

Some Man-Stealing Incidents, 1794-1855 203.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-221).

ISBN:

0773527354

0773527362

OCLC:

54005571

Publisher Number:

9780773527362