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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... recorded there in 1787. By 1794 several Blacks owned land in Gosfield Township , including Prince Robertson , another man named ' Prince ' and James Fry , also a veteran . James Richard- son , too , had applied for 100 ha of Crown land ...
... recorded there in 1787. By 1794 several Blacks owned land in Gosfield Township , including Prince Robertson , another man named ' Prince ' and James Fry , also a veteran . James Richard- son , too , had applied for 100 ha of Crown land ...
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... recorded that there were at one time 70 or 80 students attending who had learned to read and write . As well as teaching day classes , she also held a Sabbath School which was well attended by both children and adults . Her stu- dents ...
... recorded that there were at one time 70 or 80 students attending who had learned to read and write . As well as teaching day classes , she also held a Sabbath School which was well attended by both children and adults . Her stu- dents ...
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... recorded : " From that time forward all oppo- sition to me and the coloured people ceased . " 57 Elgin had reached its zenith , and its decline was soon to follow , but not before it had produced some distin- guished citizens for Canada ...
... recorded : " From that time forward all oppo- sition to me and the coloured people ceased . " 57 Elgin had reached its zenith , and its decline was soon to follow , but not before it had produced some distin- guished citizens for Canada ...
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