Dossier Québec Canada's forgotten slaves : two centuries of bondage
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
155065327X
ISBN 13
9781550653274
LCCN
HT1051.T7
DDC
306.3
Category
Indigenous Law
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Publication Year
2013
Publisher
Pages
323
Series Name
Abstract
"A ground-breaking study of slavery providing a human face to the over 4,000 Aboriginal and Black slaves who were bought, sold and exploited in colonial Canada. Based on unpublished archival records of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries." - Voila
Description
Contents:
Give us Negroes -- Legalization of slavery -- Nearly 4200 slaves in Quebec -- Slave market -- Owners at all levels of society -- Living conditions of slaves -- Slaves and the Sacraments -- Crime and punishment -- Did slaves have the same rights as freemen -- Debauchery and Marriage -- Do Canadians have slave blood -- Slaves disappeared one by one.
Give us Negroes -- Legalization of slavery -- Nearly 4200 slaves in Quebec -- Slave market -- Owners at all levels of society -- Living conditions of slaves -- Slaves and the Sacraments -- Crime and punishment -- Did slaves have the same rights as freemen -- Debauchery and Marriage -- Do Canadians have slave blood -- Slaves disappeared one by one.
Biblio Notes
Translation of: Deux siècles d'esclavage au Québec. Translated from the French by George Tombs.
Contains maps and illustrations.
Contains maps and illustrations.
Number of Copies
1
