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Emancipation Day : celebrating freedom in Canada

Natasha L. Henry-Dixon (Author)
Explores the creation, development, and evolution of Emancipation Day festivities celebrating the end of slavery throughout the British Empire with the passage of the Abolition of Slavery act (1834). Topics include the social, cultural, political and educational practices of festivities across Canada, with a focus on Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and British Columbia

Print Book, English, ©2010
Natural Heritage Books, Toronto, ©2010