The Black Loyalists
The Search for a Promised Land in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone, 1783-1870
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2017
- Category
- General, African American Studies
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781487522421
- Publish Date
- May 2017
- List Price
- $48.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780802074027
- Publish Date
- Feb 1993
- List Price
- $40.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781487516963
- Publish Date
- Jun 2017
- List Price
- $38.95
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Description
There is a Canadian myth about the Loyalists who left the United States after the American Revolution for Canada. The myth says they were white, upper-class citizens devoted to British ideals, transplanting the best of colonial American society to British North America. In reality, more than 10 per cent of the Loyalists who came to the Maritime provinces were black and had been slaves. The Black Loyalists tells the story of one such group who came to Nova Scotia, but didn't stay. James Walker documents their experience in Canada, following them across the Atlantic as they became part of a unique colonial experiment in Sierra Leone.
About the author
James W. St.G. Walker is a professor of history at the University of Waterloo, where he specializes in the history of human rights and race relations. His books include The Black Loyalists and “Race”, Rights and the Law in the Supreme Court of Canada (WLU Press, 1998), and he has published numerous articles and book chapters analyzing campaigns for human rights reform.
Andrew S. Thompson is a Special Fellow with the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo, Canada. His areas of specialization include human rights and international governance. He has written a number of book chapters and is co-editor of Haiti: Hope for a Fragile State (WLU Press, 2006).