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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... meeting we have ever seen in Toronto was held in the City Hall last night . His Worship the Mayor in the chair .... The meeting was called to enable the citizens of Toronto to enter their protest against the manifold and unspeakable ...
... meeting we have ever seen in Toronto was held in the City Hall last night . His Worship the Mayor in the chair .... The meeting was called to enable the citizens of Toronto to enter their protest against the manifold and unspeakable ...
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... meeting , held in Chatham's British Methodist Episcopal Church , John Brown outlined his plan . He would attack the American arsenal at Harpers Ferry , West Virginia , arm his followers and then march south , smash slavery and set up a ...
... meeting , held in Chatham's British Methodist Episcopal Church , John Brown outlined his plan . He would attack the American arsenal at Harpers Ferry , West Virginia , arm his followers and then march south , smash slavery and set up a ...
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... meeting in Chatham to debate the proposed settlement . The sheriff of Kent County authorized the meeting , but warned King that his life was in danger , for Larwill was organizing a vigilante committee backed by most of Chatham's ...
... meeting in Chatham to debate the proposed settlement . The sheriff of Kent County authorized the meeting , but warned King that his life was in danger , for Larwill was organizing a vigilante committee backed by most of Chatham's ...
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The Road to Freedom | 24 |
Refugees and Their Havens | 44 |
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