Black harbour : slavery and the forgotten histories of Black people in Newfoundland and Labrador / Xaiver Michael Campbell, Heather Barrett.
Black harbour : slavery and the forgotten histories of Black people in Newfoundland and Labrador / Xaiver Michael Campbell, Heather Barrett.
By
:
Campbell, Xaiver Michael.
Publication Date
:
2023
Publication Information
:
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, N.L. : Boulder Books
Physical Description
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183 p. : ill.
Subject Term
:
Slavery -- Canada.
Slavery -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Black people -- Canada -- History.
Black people -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.
Additional Contributors
:
Barrett, Heather (Journalist)
Bibliography Note
:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
:
It has been largely assumed that Black people are only recent settlers in Newfoundland and Labrador. In fact, the sordid history of Black slavery within the British colony—and the role of Newfoundland merchant families in promoting the trade in human beings—has been denied, obscured and forgotten. With contributions from historians, folklorists and other experts, Xaiver Campbell and Heather Barrett discover a Black population was present in early Newfoundland and Labrador, and that some of this history is shockingly rooted in the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade. Part personal commentary, part documentary, Black Harbour is an illuminating, important, and sometimes uncomfortable exploration of Newfoundland and Labrador’s colonial history—and what it means to those who live here today.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781989417867
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Labrador City | Adult NFic NL | Adult Non-Fiction NL | 306.362 C15 |
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