The Blacks in Canada : a history / by Robin W. Winks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winks, Robin W.

Series:

Carleton library series ; 192.

Carleton Library Series ; 192

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Canada--History.

Black people.

Canada--History.

Canada.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 546 p. : maps ; 23 cm.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press; New Haven : Yale University Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using an impressive array of primary and secondary materials, Robin Winks details the diverse experiences of Black immigrants to Canada, including Black slaves brought to Nova Scotia and the Canadas by Loyalists at the end of the American Revolution, Black refugees who fled to Nova Scotia following the War of 1812, Jamaican Maroons, and fugitive slaves who fled to British North America. He also looks at Black West Coast businessmen who helped found British Columbia, particularly Victoria, and Black settlement in the prairie provinces. Throughout Winks explores efforts by African-Canadians to establish and maintain meaningful lifestyles in Canada. The Blacks in Canada investigates the French and English periods of slavery, the abolitionist movement in Canada, and the role played by Canadians in the broader continental antislavery crusade, as well as Canadian adaptations to nineteenth- and twentieth-century racial mores. The second edition includes a new introduction by Winks on changes that have occurred since the book's first appearance and where African-Canadian studies stands today.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Preface to the Second Edition

Acknowledgments

A Note on Terminology

List of Abbreviations

Slavery in New France, 1628–1760

Slavery, the Loyalists, and English Canada, 1760–1801

“Back to Africa,” 1791–1801

The Attack on Slavery in British North America, 1793–1833

The Refugee Negroes

The Coming of the Fugitive Slave, 1815–1861

The Canadian Canaan, 1842–1870

A Continental Abolitionism?

West of the Rockies

To the Nadir, 1865–1930

Source of Strength?—The Church

Source of Strength?—The Schools

Source of Strength?—The Press

Self-Help and a New Awakening, 1930–1970

The Black Tile in the Mosaic

Appendix: How Many Negroes in Canada?

A Note on Sources

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-85458-5

9786612854583

0-7735-6668-6

OCLC:

1380730936