Black Slavery in the Maritimes: A History in Documents: (From the Broadview Sources Series)

Black Slavery in the Maritimes: A History in Documents: (From the Broadview Sources Series)
ISBN-10
1770486879
ISBN-13
9781770486874
Category
History
Pages
168
Language
English
Published
2018-05-15
Publisher
Broadview Press
Author
Harvey Amani Whitfield

Description

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.

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