Main entry:

Trudel, Marcel, 1917-2011.

Title & Author:

Canada's forgotten slaves : two centuries of bondage / Marcel Trudel ; with the collaboration of Micheline D'Allaire ; translated from the French by George Tombs.

Publication:

Montréal, Québec, Canada : Véhicule Press, [2013]
©2013

Description:

323 pages : illustration, map ; 22 cm

Series:

[Dossier Quebec]

Notes:
Translation of: Deux siècles d'esclavage au Québec.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Give us Negroes -- Legalization of slavery -- Nearly 4200 slaves in Quebec -- Slave market -- Owners at all levels of society -- Living conditions of slaves -- Slaves and the Sacraments -- Crime and punishment -- Did slaves have the same rights as freemen -- Debauchery and Marriage -- Do Canadians have slave blood -- Slaves disappeared one by one.

Summary:

A ground-breaking study of slavery providing a human face to the over 4,000 Aboriginal and Black slaves who were bought, sold and exploited in colonial Canada. Based on unpublished archival records of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

ISBN:

9781550653274 (paperback)
155065327X (paperback)

Subject:

Slavery Québec (Province) History.
Slavery Canada History.
Enslaved Indians Québec (Province) History.
Esclavage Québec (Province) Histoire.
Esclavage Canada Histoire.
Esclaves des Peuples autochtones Québec (Province) Histoire.
Enslaved Indians
Slavery
Sklaverei
Franzosen
Indianer
Schwarze
Canada
Québec
Kanada
Provinz Quebec

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Tombs, George, translator.
Dossier Québec series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316939
Call No.: 316939
Copy: 1
Status: Available