Emancipation Day : celebrating freedom in Canada
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Natural Heritage Books,
Toronto :
c2010.
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About
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.
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Details
- ISBN: 1554887178
- ISBN: 9781554887170
- ISBN: 1554887178
- Physical Description: 282 p. : ill., ports., map ; 23 cm.print
- Publisher: Toronto : Natural Heritage Books, c2010.
- General Note: Includes index.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references: p. [258]-265.
- Formatted Contents Note: Pt. 4. Other elements of Emancipation Day: The role of women in Emancipation Day celebrations ; Dissent and diminution ; The evolution of Emancipation Day ; The legacy of Emancipation Day celebrations.