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Book SynopsisPresents thirty stories about black life in and around Montreal between the last days of slavery and the early years of Confederation. Some stories drive home the historical fact of Canadian slavery. These tales show how ordinary people managed to cope, or not with daily life.
Trade Review"Beautifully researched and masterfully told. Mackey has turned up arresting tales of slavery, liberation, skullduggery, licentiousness, and, thus, of a particularly rich parade of characters, heroes, heroines, and scoundrels (white and black) that prove the abiding presence of blacks in Montreal and the persistent but not indefatigable racism to which they have been subjected. What is unique about Mackey's work is his 'novelization' of more than one hundred years of relatively obscure but absolutely fascinating history." George Elliott Clarke, author of Whylah Falls and Odysseys Home: Mapping African-Canadian Literature
