The Freedom-seekers: Blacks in Early CanadaBook Society of Canada, 1981 - 242 էջ Black Loyalists and their families were among the first settlers in Nova Scotia and Upper Canada. As abolitiion movements and the Underground Railroad gained support, Black slaves and refugees flooded into Canada determined to build new lives for themselves and their children. The Freedom-Seekers chronicles the phenomenal success story of their struggle to break the chains of slavery and gain the full rights of citizenship in their adopted country. |
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... Chatham's Tecumseh Park . Because he wanted to conceal his true purpose , he announced that he had come to Chatham to form " a new colored lodge of the Masonic order . " His real intention , however , began to appear after he mailed out ...
... Chatham's Tecumseh Park . Because he wanted to conceal his true purpose , he announced that he had come to Chatham to form " a new colored lodge of the Masonic order . " His real intention , however , began to appear after he mailed out ...
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... Chatham's Blacks were Canadian - born , mostly of refugee parents . Blacks from all over the American South came to Chatham through the 1850s . Beyond Prince Street , King Street East was lined with log cabins and small houses , most of ...
... Chatham's Blacks were Canadian - born , mostly of refugee parents . Blacks from all over the American South came to Chatham through the 1850s . Beyond Prince Street , King Street East was lined with log cabins and small houses , most of ...
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... Chatham on William Street , east of King . He also joined the Black Masons , wrote editorials for the Provincial Freeman and often spoke in public , promoting Black settlement and supporting John Brown at his Chatham convention . When a ...
... Chatham on William Street , east of King . He also joined the Black Masons , wrote editorials for the Provincial Freeman and often spoke in public , promoting Black settlement and supporting John Brown at his Chatham convention . When a ...
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