Author : Harvey Amani Whitfield
Release : 2018-05-15
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 879/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Black Slavery in the Maritimes: A History in Documents by : Harvey Amani Whitfield
Download or read book Black Slavery in the Maritimes: A History in Documents written by Harvey Amani Whitfield. This book was released on 2018-05-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many thousands of black people were enslaved in the Maritimes, Quebec, and Upper Canada between the seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is not surprising that slavery played a part in Canadian history, but it is startling that it has not received widespread attention from the general Canadian public or from historians. This sourcebook collects a variety of documents, including runaway-slave advertisements, letters, court cases, and official government documents, offering readers an opportunity to explore black slavery in the Maritimes and revise their understanding of Canadian history.