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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... moved his family of ten1 to ' Muddy York ' in 1793. They settled east of the Don River . Long died at Prescott in 1813. He had been proud that his name was on the United Empire Loyalist list , but it was removed without explanation ...
... moved his family of ten1 to ' Muddy York ' in 1793. They settled east of the Don River . Long died at Prescott in 1813. He had been proud that his name was on the United Empire Loyalist list , but it was removed without explanation ...
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... moved their young family to Upper Canada . Peter worked for sev- eral years as a caulker in Port Stanley , Port Dover and St. Thomas before he learned about the new Wilber- force Settlement . He first visited the colony and later moved ...
... moved their young family to Upper Canada . Peter worked for sev- eral years as a caulker in Port Stanley , Port Dover and St. Thomas before he learned about the new Wilber- force Settlement . He first visited the colony and later moved ...
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... moved from Flos to Medonte and Tiny Townships , " ... was a Negro of stately appearance who was known to have cut down six acres of grain in one day with a cradle leaving it in a swath . He was also known to have carried a barrel of ...
... moved from Flos to Medonte and Tiny Townships , " ... was a Negro of stately appearance who was known to have cut down six acres of grain in one day with a cradle leaving it in a swath . He was also known to have carried a barrel of ...
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Refugees and Their Havens | 44 |
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