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The fugitive slave act of 1850 and the development of African enclaves in the cities of St. Catharines, Hamilton, and Toronto, Canada West, 1850-1861, 1993

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Elgersman, Maureen G

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Degree Type: thesisDegree Name: Master of Arts (MA)Date of Degree: 1993Granting Institution: Clark Atlanta UniversityDepartment/ School: African and African American Studies ProgramThe most far-reaching tenet of the Missouri Compromise of 1850 was the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act which propelled thousands of Africans, both free and fugitive, to the refuge of British North America most specifically to Canada West. Scholarship on the terminus of this mass flight remains generic. Specific research based on the testimonies of the African men and women that lived outside the isolation of independent, short-lived settlements is overdue. It is necessary to examine the African experience in the enclaves of Canada West's urban centres. This study illuminates one of the periods most important to the history of Africans in Canada, raises awareness of the ties that exist between Africans in Canada and the United States, and approaches a philosophy that depicts the movement of African peoples as continental, rather than simply national.

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  1. Degrees, Academic
  2. Dissertations, Academic

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