1 The representation of slavery in Quebec’s newspapers, 1789–93
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Eleanor Bird
Abstract
Chapter 1 turns to the print in which representations of slavery in Quebec were most present and disseminated in the colonial period: newspapers. It reads fugitive slave advertisements within their full print context to show how early Canadian readers and editors were more fully engaged with international anti-slave-trade arguments than had previously been acknowledged. By reading the newspapers holistically, it argues, early Canadian readers could witness slavery in Canada while also seeing this as distinct from chattel slavery in the wider Americas.
Abstract
Chapter 1 turns to the print in which representations of slavery in Quebec were most present and disseminated in the colonial period: newspapers. It reads fugitive slave advertisements within their full print context to show how early Canadian readers and editors were more fully engaged with international anti-slave-trade arguments than had previously been acknowledged. By reading the newspapers holistically, it argues, early Canadian readers could witness slavery in Canada while also seeing this as distinct from chattel slavery in the wider Americas.
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
