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Book SynopsisA study of the black experience in Montreal.
Trade Review"This is an extremely important book. Mackey is a skilled writer and his subject is topical and significant, both in terms of international and Canadian scholarship. His main purpose is to recount the stories of black people in Quebec so that they are no longer forgotten, and in that he is very successful." Paul E. Lovejoy, York University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction; 1 What slavery?; 2 There ought to be a law; 3 Still counting; 4 "Things as they were"; 5 Deer out of a cage; 6 On steamboats; 7 Jacks of all trades; 8 Political colours; 9 The colour of justice; 10 Shoulder to shoulder, arm in arm; 11 One thousand characters in search of an author or two Appendices I Newspaper notices: A. Slave sales and fugitives; B. Miscellaneous notices pertaining to blacks; C. Three earliest advertisements placed by blacks / II Slavery in the judges' eyes / III Spoils of war / IV The King v. Alexander Grant, George Nixon and Moses PowellWormley Abbreviations; Notes; Sources; Information on illustrations; Index
