In the early 1850s, white American abolitionist Benjamin Drew was commissioned to travel to Canada West (w Ontario) to interview escaped slaves from the United States. At the time the population of Canada West was just short of a million and about 30,000 black people lived in the colony, most of whom were escaped slaves from south of the border. One of the people Drew interviewed was Harriet Tubman, who was then based in St. Catharines but made several trips to the U.S. South to lead slaves to freedom in Canada. In the course of his journeys in Canada, Drew visited Chatham, Toronto, Galt, Hamilton, London, Dresden, Windsor, and a number of other communities. Originally published in 1856, Drew's book is the only collection of first-hand interviews of fugitive slaves in Canada ever done. It is an invaluable record of early black Canadian experience.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dundurn Group Ltd
ISBN-10
1550028014
ISBN-13
9781550028010
eBay Product ID (ePID)
103446123
Product Key Features
Author
Benjamin Drew
Format
Trade Paperback (US), Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Social Studies: General
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Toronto
Introduction by
George E. Clarke
Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Author Biography
Benjamin Drew (1812 1903) was an American abolitionist from Boston whose work was made possible thanks to the support of the Canadian Anti-Slavery Society and John P. Jewett, a renowned anti-slavery sympathizer from Boston who had unexpectedly reaped a fortune from publishing Uncle Tom s Cabin in 1852. George Elliott Clarke is the E.J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto. An award-winning poet, playwright, and screenwriter, he is the author of Execution Poems, winner of the 2001 Governor General s Award for Poetry.
Date of Publication
16/06/2007
Country of Publication
Canada
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