Many Canadians believe their nation fell on the right side of history in harboring black slaves from the United States. In fact, in the wake of the American Revolution, many Loyalist families brought
Many thousands of black people were enslaved in the Maritimes, Quebec, and Upper Canada between the seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is not surprising that slavery played a part in Canad
Following the American Revolution, free black communities and enslaved African Americans increasingly struggled to reconcile their African heritage with their American home. This struggle resulted in
