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Understanding Slavery in Canada Study Guide

Explore the complex history of slavery in Canada, including its French and British colonial contexts, the lives of enslaved individuals, legal changes, resistance, and the eventual abolition. This guide provides educational insights into a often-overlooked aspect of Canadian history.

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The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery

The History of Canadian Slavery

An examination of institutionalized slavery in Canada over two centuries, involving Black African captives and Indigenous slaves.

  • institutionalized slavery
  • Black Canadian history
  • Indigenous slaves
  • African captives
  • New France
  • British slave trade
  • Underground Railroad
  • servitude

Slavery and Colonial Development in New France

Enslavement and British Conquest in Canada

The impact of the British conquest of Canada and the Treaty of Paris on the enslavement of Black and Indigenous peoples, and the introduction of English law.

  • Enslaved Indigenous and Black peoples
  • Conquest of Canada
  • Treaty of Paris
  • British and French law
  • Asiento
  • Slave uprisings
  • Code Noir

Enslavement, Colonialism, and Social Structures

Enslavement and Black Lives in Colonial Canada

An analysis of the experiences of enslaved Africans under British and French regimes, including marronage, the sale of enslaved people as chattel, and the gendered nature of domestic labor.

  • Black enslaved laborers
  • Gendered nature of slavery
  • Domestic housework
  • Sale of slaves
  • Black Loyalists
  • Quebec Act of 1774

Slavery and Antislavery in British North America

The history of enslaved Black people, free Black communities, and legislative efforts toward abolition in British North America.

  • Enslaved Black people
  • Free Black communities
  • British North America
  • Upper Canada
  • Antislavery measures
  • Abolition of slavery
  • Legal status of enslaved persons

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