Black Refugees in Canada: Accounts of Escape During the Era of Slavery

by George Hendrick

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786447338
• ISBN13: 9780786447336
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher