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Black Harbour : Slavery and the Forgotten Histories of Black People in Newfoundland and Labrador / Heather Barrett and Xaiver Campbell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barrett, Heather (Journalist), author.
- Campbell, Xaiver Michael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery.
- Black people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (166 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, Newfoundland and Labrador : Boulder Books Ltd., [2023]
- Summary:
- It has been largely assumed that Black people are only recently settlers in Newfoundland and Labrador. In fact, the sordid history of Black slavery within the British colony--and the role of Newfoundland merchant families in promoting the trade in human beings--has been denied, obscured and forgotten. With contributions from historians, folklorists and other experts, Xaiver Campbell and Heather Barrett discover a Black population was present in early Newfoundland and Labrador, and that some of this history is rooted in the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade. Part personal commentary, part documentary, Black Harbour is an illuminating, important, and sometimes uncomfortable exploration of Newfoundland and Labrador's colonial history--and what it means to those who live here today.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Land and Labour Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Fate Finds a Way with Xaiver
- Heather Goes to Black Harbour
- Who Was W.H.?
- The Almighty Cod
- Enslavement and the Triangular Trade
- Xaiver Chats Cod
- Heather Goes to Lagos
- Black Sailors
- Black Slavery in Canada
- Xaymaca and Spanish Conquest
- The Streets of St. John's
- The Bermudian Interruption
- Early Newfoundland
- Colonies
- Jamaica: Rebellions and British Rule
- Calvert's Ferryland
- Kirke's Ferryland
- Benger's Ferryland
- No Fairy Tales in Ferryland
- Domestic Property
- Dinah, Cornelius, and Rachel
- Enslaved Domestics
- Slave Ships
- The Sarah
- Quieted Community Affairs
- Emancipation
- Jamaica's Journey: Abolition to Independence
- What Now?
- The Cod Endures
- The Thing about Fish
- Kevin Toope's Salt Fish
- Colonial Foodways Today
- Heather Bakes
- M'lasses
- Foodways and Memories
- Come From Away
- New Frames for Newfoundland
- Heather Reframes
- Xaiver Rethinks
- Revisiting W.H.
- Dear W.H.
- Black Harbour Timeline: Newfoundland and Labrador
- Black Harbour Timeline: Jamaica
- References and Further Reading
- Appendix 1: Newfoundland-Built Ships in the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- Appendix 2: Newfoundland-Built Ships in the Intra-American Slave Trade
- Acknowledgements
- About the Authors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Barrett, Heather Black Harbour
- ISBN:
- 1-989417-98-1
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