The underground railroad
Subtitle: next stop, Toronto!
By: Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper, Karolyn Smardz Frost.
Contributors: Cooper, Afua.; Smardz Frost, Karolyn.
Publisher: Natural Heritage Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Toronto, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
Subjects: Blacks -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 19th century; Blacks -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; African Americans -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 19th century; Fugitive slaves -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 19th century; Underground railroad -- Canada; Underground railroad -- Ontario -- Toronto; Toronto (Ont.) -- History -- 19th century; Toronto (Ont.) -- Race relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-85) and index.
"... independently produced companion work to the Park Canada experiential theatre exhibit, The underground railroad: next stop, freedom!"--P. viii.
Table of contents: title: Deborah Brown: a fugitive slave woman; title: Blacks in early Toronto; title: Underground railroad to Toronto; title: Social, cultural and religious life in Toronto's black community; title: Life in the city; title: Living on the outskirts; title: The world of children; title: Political life; title: Black Torontonians in the Civil War; title: Notable black Torontonians; title: How do we know?