Title The light of nature and the law of God : antislavery in Ontario, 1833-1877 / Allen P. Stouffer

Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1992

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 273 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits Series McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history, 0846-8869 ; 14 McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history ; 14. 0846-8869 Contents Contents -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Loyalists and Slavery -- 2 Roots: The British Connection -- 3 Helping the Lord against the Mighty -- 4 A Feeble Voice from the Backwoods of Canada -- 5 Land, an Interest in the Soil, and a Christian Education -- 6 Educating the Public -- 7 The Church and Antislavery -- 8 A Question of Identity -- 9 Ontario and the Freedman -- 10 Retrospect -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P QR -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Illustrations Summary Allen Stouffer's analysis of Ontario's response to the freedmen reveals a virulent strain of racism that helps to explain why British North Americans were slow to join their British and American counterparts in the North Atlantic antislavery triangle. After exploring the Canadian churches' mixed reaction to antislavery, he applies cliometrics to draw a socio-economic profile of Canadian antislavery's leaders and followers. Employing British, American, and Canadian primary sources, Stouffer has written this study the first book-length examination of Canadian antislavery from a British North American perspective. Earlier studies concluded that Canadian anti-slavery was largely the result of Canada's proximity to the United States, a proximity which precluded Canada's ignoring the situation. While Stouffer recognizes the importance of the American influence, he shows that the leaders of Canadian anti-slavery were immigrants from Britain who had been deeply involved in antislavery in their homeland Analysis Slavery Protest movements History Ontario Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Antislavery movements -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century Fugitive slaves -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century Black people -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century Abolitionists -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery. HISTORY -- Social History. Abolitionists Antislavery movements Black people Fugitive slaves Race relations Abolitionisme. SUBJECT Ontario -- Race relations Subject Ontario Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773563490 0773563490

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