The Black loyalists : the search for a promised land in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone, 1783-1870 /
There is a Canadian myth about the Loyalists who left the United States after the American Revolution for Canada. The myth says they were white, upper-class citizens devoted to British ideals, transplanting the best of colonial American society to British North America. In reality, more than 10 per...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
©1992.
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Colección: | Reprints in Canadian history.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | There is a Canadian myth about the Loyalists who left the United States after the American Revolution for Canada. The myth says they were white, upper-class citizens devoted to British ideals, transplanting the best of colonial American society to British North America. In reality, more than 10 per cent of the Loyalists who came to the Maritime provinces were black and had been slaves. The Black Loyalists tells the story of one such group who came to Nova Scotia, but didn't stay. James Walker documents their experience in Canada, following them across the Atlantic as they became part of a unique colonial experiment in Sierra Leone. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxv, 438 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-430) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781442671447 1442671440 9781487516963 1487516967 1282045504 9781282045507 9786612045509 6612045507 |