Black Then: Blacks and Montreal, 1780-1880'sMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2004 - 225 من الصفحات A sixteen-year-old slave boy who finds freedom in a most unusual way, a teenage prostitute who does not, a business manager of the 1790s, a four-year-old boy placed as a servant, a respected activist of the 1830s, a fugitive Kentucky slave who makes a name for himself as a jockey and horse trainer - these are some of the people we meet in these thirty stories about black life in and around Montreal between the last days of slavery and the early years of Confederation. The black experience in Montreal during these eighty-odd years, a time in which the city grew from a colonial backwater into the metropolis of a new country, has remained largely unknown. These stories begin to fill that gap. Black Then is intended for readers of all ages. Some stories drive home the historical fact of Canadian slavery, a truth still widely ignored, but for the most part, they are tales of how ordinary people managed to cope - or not - with daily life. Based on original research, these engaging stories bring to light a wealth of previously neglected historical information. |
المحتوى
The Truth about Rose | 3 |
Toujours LAmour | 8 |
Mister Whisky Himself | 15 |
If You Say So | 22 |
Charlotte She Got the Ball Rolling | 25 |
One Amazing Amazon | 33 |
Charity Didnt Do It | 35 |
The World Turned Upside Down | 39 |
Taking Care of Robert | 127 |
Philomènes Third Party | 129 |
Jericho | 135 |
The Centaur | 139 |
Trial of the Century | 148 |
Mr Wood as a Matter of Fact | 151 |
Cooks Place | 158 |
Same Old Song | 167 |
The King of France | 42 |
Just Julia | 46 |
Isaac the Impossible | 48 |
Cold Case | 50 |
Home at Last | 55 |
A Whole New Light | 59 |
Trim the Gardener | 65 |
Agent of the Liberator | 76 |
The Valentines Day | 85 |
Messing with Dragons | 89 |
Things Youve Got to Wonder About | 107 |
Gabriel Be an Angel and Blow That Horn | 112 |
Bad News Lewis | 120 |
The Perfect Crime | 172 |
The End for Now | 180 |
DOCUMENTS | 187 |
Second petition of the Montreal Slavemasters 18OO | 191 |
Circular address by Paola Brown 1832 | 194 |
Alexander Grants Speech August 1 1834 | 196 |
The Last Days of Martha Hyers 1841 | 199 |
Crisis in North America by Israel Lewis 1846 | 200 |
Some ManStealing Incidents 17941855 | 203 |
Sources | 211 |
Further Reading | 221 |
Illustration Sources and Permission | 223 |
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
Black Then: Blacks and Montreal, 1780s-1880s <span dir=ltr>Frank Mackey</span> لا تتوفر معاينة - 2013 |
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Abraham Low Alexander Grant American ANQM April Arnoldi August Betsy Freeman black Montrealers black tavern bought British Caesar called Canadian Catherine Charlotte Colbornesburgh colored Court Dago Dame Street daughter death December Diah died February freedom friends Fugitive Slave Gabriel Gazette George George Cook Henry Hilaire Israel Lewis James January John Trim's Johonnot Jones Joseph July June jury knew L'Amour land lived look Lotbinière Lower Canada manuscript returns March married Martha Hyers Mary Ann master McGill Street months Montreal Gazette Mount Royal Cemetery Negro never newspaper night notary notary J.H. November October Osborne Morton paid Paola Brown Papineau Papineau-Leblanc Bridge Province Quebec Quebec City September servant slavery slavery in Canada Smith sold St Antoine things Thomas told took town treal Trim Upper Canada wanted Warren Glossen wife Wilberforce William Wright woman Wood