Blacks in Canada: A History

Robin W. Winks

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press 1997

Blacks in Canada

A History

Robin W. Winks

Volume 192 in the series Carleton Library Series

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773566682

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About this book

Hailed as the most sweeping history of African-Canadians ever written when it first appeared, The Blacks in Canada remains the only historical survey that covers all aspects of the Black experience in Canada, from the introduction of slavery in 1628 to th

Author / Editor information

Winks Robin W. :

Robin W. Winks (1930–2003) was Randolph W. Townsend Professor of History and chair of the Department of History, Yale University.

Reviews

"Winks has laid the lasting structure of the history of Black people in Canada in this monumental work, which will endure as the model against which all future historians of this 'event' must gauge their work." Austin Clarke
"No review can do justice to the rich data provided by this book. Blacks in Canada will prove a mine of information to scholars for years to come." August Meier, Journal of American History

"Winks has laid the lasting structure of the history of Black people in Canada in this monumental work, which will endure as the model against which all future historians of this 'event' must gauge their work." Austin Clarke "No review can do justice to the rich data provided by this book. Blacks in Canada will prove a mine of information to scholars for years to come." August Meier, Journal of American History

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface to the Second Edition Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
A Note on Terminology Publicly Available Download PDF	xxi
List of Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xxii
Slavery in New France, 1628–1760 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Slavery, the Loyalists, and English Canada, 1760–1801 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
“Back to Africa,” 1791–1801 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
The Attack on Slavery in British North America, 1793–1833 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
The Refugee Negroes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
The Coming of the Fugitive Slave, 1815–1861 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
The Canadian Canaan, 1842–1870 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
A Continental Abolitionism? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
West of the Rockies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	272
To the Nadir, 1865–1930 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	288
Source of Strength?—The Church Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
Source of Strength?—The Schools Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	362
Source of Strength?—The Press Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	390
Self-Help and a New Awakening, 1930–1970 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	413
The Black Tile in the Mosaic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	470
Appendix: How Many Negroes in Canada? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	484
A Note on Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	497
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	521

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Language: English
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Edition: Second edition
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 576

eBook

Published: February 13, 1997
ISBN: 9780773566682