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Thousands of black people sought refuge in Canada before the US Civil War. This work presents the life stories of several nineteenth-century black refugees who managed to survive in their new country by gaining work as barbers, postal carriers, washerwomen, waiters, cab owners, ministers, newspaper editors, and physicians.

Black Refugees in Canada Accounts of Escape

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    A Paperback by George Hendrick, Willene Hendrick

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      Publisher: McFarland & Company
      Publication Date: 3/15/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786447336, 978-0786447336
      ISBN10: 0786447338

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      Book Synopsis
      Thousands of black people sought refuge in Canada before the US Civil War. This work presents the life stories of several nineteenth-century black refugees who managed to survive in their new country by gaining work as barbers, postal carriers, washerwomen, waiters, cab owners, ministers, newspaper editors, and physicians.

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