North to bondage : loyalist slavery in the Maritimes / Harvey Amani Whitfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitfield, Harvey Amani, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Maritime Provinces--History.

Slavery.

Enslaved persons--Maritime Provinces--History.

Enslaved persons.

Slaveholders--Maritime Provinces--History.

Slaveholders.

United Empire loyalists--History.

United Empire loyalists.

History.

Maritime Provinces.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 181 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : Toronto : UBC Press, [2016]

Summary:

"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."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Slavery in the Maritime Colonies 00 Slavery and the American Context

Maritime Slavery and Loyalist Settlement

Slave Work

The World of Maritime Slaves and Slaveholders

Ending Slavery

Conclusion: Legacies of Slavery

Appendix A: Slave Numbers

Appendix B: Slave Profiles

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Whitfield, Harvey Amani, 1974-, author. North to bondage.

ISBN:

9780774832281

0774832282

9780774832298

0774832290

OCLC:

925399029