Black refugees in Canada
Subtitle: accounts of escape during the era of slavery
By: George Hendrick and Willene Hendrick.
Contributors: Hendrick, Willene, 1928-
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786447336
Subjects: Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography; Fugitive slaves -- Canada -- Biography; Slaves -- United States -- Social conditions; Underground Railroad -- Canada; African Americans -- Canada -- Biography; Blacks -- Canada -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: "Thousands of black people sought refuge in Canada before the U.S. Civil War. While most encountered some racism among Canadian citizens, many thrived under the Canadian government. 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"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Blacks in Canada: the early years; title: Shadrach; title: Josiah Henson and Eliza Harris; title: Madison Washington; title: The Shadd family; title: Lewis Richardson, formerly a slave on Henry Clay's plantation; title: The Blackburns; title: Ann Maria Jackson; title: Harriet Tubman; title: John Fairþeld, southern abolitionist who helped slaves escape to Canada; title: Chaplain Garland H. White; title: Dr. A.T. Augusta; title: The Abbott family; title: John Henry Hill; title: Mr. and Mrs. John Little; title: Narratives by refugees in three Canadian towns: an except from the refugees: a North-Side view of slavery; title: Statements by and about Black refugees in Canada.