Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Preface to the Second Edition xiii
5. Acknowledgments xix
6. A Note on Terminology xxi
7. List of Abbreviations xxii
8. Slavery in New France, 1628–1760 1
9. Slavery, the Loyalists, and English Canada, 1760–1801 24
10. “Back to Africa,” 1791–1801 61
11. The Attack on Slavery in British North America, 1793–1833 96
12. The Refugee Negroes 114
13. The Coming of the Fugitive Slave, 1815–1861 142
14. The Canadian Canaan, 1842–1870 178
15. A Continental Abolitionism? 233
16. West of the Rockies 272
17. To the Nadir, 1865–1930 288
18. Source of Strength?—The Church 337
19. Source of Strength?—The Schools 362
20. Source of Strength?—The Press 390
21. Self-Help and a New Awakening, 1930–1970 413
22. The Black Tile in the Mosaic 470
23. Appendix: How Many Negroes in Canada? 484
24. A Note on Sources 497
25. Index 521