Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1 Canada and the Emergence of the Blackface Atlantic, 1812–39 25
5. 2 Performing Conflict in Blackface, Antislavery Movements, and the First Black Dancers, 1840–57 57
6. 3 Newspapers, Railways, Theatre Expansion, and Homegrown Blackface Minstrels, 1858–61 88
7. 4 Canada’s Civil War Sympathizers and the Rise of Black Minstrelsy, 1862–66 119
8. 5 The new Plantation Minstrelsy, Blackface Political Cartoons, and Choral Songs of Freedom, 1867–86 141
9. 6 White Women Minstrels, darkest america, and Black Singers on Canadian Stages, 1887–97 184
10. conclusion 219
11. APPENDICES 225
12. Notes 235
13. Selected Bibliography 275
14. Index 295