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2 Canada in the antebellum slave narrative, 1849–57
Abstract
Chapter 2 focuses on the slave narrative and looks at how self-liberated and free Black people from the United States represented their lives in Canada after crossing the border, recovering often forgotten portions of slave narratives. It argues that self-liberated and free Black people imagined Canada simultaneously as a haven and as an exploitative capitalist space, which bound people into experiences that they depicted as a kind of re-enslavement. It explores Canadian female settler literature as a key intertextual context for the antebellum slave narrative.
Abstract
Chapter 2 focuses on the slave narrative and looks at how self-liberated and free Black people from the United States represented their lives in Canada after crossing the border, recovering often forgotten portions of slave narratives. It argues that self-liberated and free Black people imagined Canada simultaneously as a haven and as an exploitative capitalist space, which bound people into experiences that they depicted as a kind of re-enslavement. It explores Canadian female settler literature as a key intertextual context for the antebellum slave narrative.
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
