A Plea for Emigration; or Notes of Canada West: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition

A Plea for Emigration; or Notes of Canada West: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition
ISBN-10
1554813212
ISBN-13
9781554813216
Category
History
Pages
90
Language
English
Published
2016-09-06
Publisher
Broadview Press
Author
Mary Ann Shadd

Description

Mary Ann Shadd’s pamphlet A Plea for Emigration; or Notes of Canada West is, as the title promises, a settler guide designed to inform prospective immigrants of conditions in their proposed new home. But whereas most such works were addressed to potential white emigrants to North America from Britain or continental Europe, Shadd’s aimed to entice black Americans to emigrate to Canada. The introduction and background materials included in the volume situate Shadd’s pamphlet in its political and cultural context, and in the context of Shadd’s own remarkable life as an abolitionist, women’s rights activist, writer, and educator.

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