3 Thomas Jones in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
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Eleanor Bird
Abstract
Chapter 3 explores the circulation of a single slave narrative in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Reading Thomas H. Jones’s slave narrative in the context of the newspapers that advertised it for sale, it recovers the framing of this text within ameilorationist rather than immediate calls for the abolition of slavery. The chapter highlights Jones’s agency as he found ways to record his life in print and sell his narrative. The chapter provides a model for pushing current studies of the circulation histories of slave narratives beyond the US-Canada border to explore the genre as part of a connected North American print space.
Abstract
Chapter 3 explores the circulation of a single slave narrative in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Reading Thomas H. Jones’s slave narrative in the context of the newspapers that advertised it for sale, it recovers the framing of this text within ameilorationist rather than immediate calls for the abolition of slavery. The chapter highlights Jones’s agency as he found ways to record his life in print and sell his narrative. The chapter provides a model for pushing current studies of the circulation histories of slave narratives beyond the US-Canada border to explore the genre as part of a connected North American print space.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Figures vi
- Acknowledgements viii
- Introduction 1
- 1 The representation of slavery in Quebec’s newspapers, 1789–93 25
- 2 Canada in the antebellum slave narrative, 1849–57 59
- 3 Thomas Jones in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 93
- 4 Broken Shackles 129
- Conclusion 160
- Bibliography 165
- Index 183
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Figures vi
- Acknowledgements viii
- Introduction 1
- 1 The representation of slavery in Quebec’s newspapers, 1789–93 25
- 2 Canada in the antebellum slave narrative, 1849–57 59
- 3 Thomas Jones in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 93
- 4 Broken Shackles 129
- Conclusion 160
- Bibliography 165
- Index 183
