ISBN10: 0786447338, ISBN13: 9780786447336, [publisher: Mcfarland And Company, Inc.] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Thousands of black people sought refuge in Canada before the U.S. Civil War. While most refugees encountered at least some racism among Canadian citizens, many of those same refugees also thrived under the auspices of the Canadian government, which worked to protect blacks from the U.S. slaveowners who sought to re-enslave them. This work brings to light the life stories of several nineteenth-century black refugees who managed to survive in their new country by gaining work as barbers, postal carriers, washerwomen, waiters, cab owners, ministers, newspaper editors, and physicians. The book begins with a short historical account of blacks in Canada from 1629 until the early 1800s, when the first groups of escaped slaves began to enter the country.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2010]
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McFarland & Company 3/15/2010 Paperback or Softback New in New jacket Black Refugees in Canada: Accounts of Escape During the Era of Slavery (Paperback or Softback)

ISBN10: 0786447338, ISBN13: 9780786447336, [publisher: McFarland] Softcover
[Columbia, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2010]
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McFarland & Co Inc Pub, Date: 2010. Paperback. New. 182 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches. 2010. McFarland & Co Inc Pub ISBN 0786447338 9780786447336 [GB]

Paperback / softback. New. Thousands of black people sought refuge in Canada before the US Civil War. This work presents the life stories of several nineteenth-century black refugees who managed to survive in their new country by gaining work as barbers, postal carriers, washerwomen, waiters, cab owners, ministers, newspaper editors, and physicians. ISBN 0786447338 9780786447336 [GB]