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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Preface to the 1992 Edition
- Abbreviations
- 1 Origin of the Black Loyalists: The slaves' war for independence, 1775�83
- 2 Land and Settlement in Nova Scotia: The establishment of a free black community, 1783�91
- 3 Freedom Denied: The bondage of dependence, 1783�91
- 4 Black Society in Loyalist Nova Scotia: The growth of a separate identity, 1783�91
- 5 Foundation of Sierra Leone: The province of freedom and the British philanthropists, 1787�92
- 6 Black Exodus: Clarkson's mission to America, 1791�92
- 7 The Year of Jubilee: The Nova Scotia settlers in Sierra Leone, 17928 A New Captivity: Restrictions and conflict, 1793�94
- 9 The Promised Land: The development of an independent existence, I794�96
- 10 Black Nationalism: The political expression of settler independence, 1796�1800
- 11 Black and White: Reconciliation with the Sierra Leone Company, 1800�08
- 12 The Ransomed Sinners: The restoration of confidence, 1808�15
- 13 The Golden Age: Position and prosperity, 1815�27
- 14 The Disinheritance: The price of survival, 1827�50
- 15 Creoledom: The Nova Scotia heritage in a new nationality, 1850�70Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
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- R
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- T
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