Description:
Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1957 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Can Edition. An acount of the life of Josiah Henson, born a slave in Maryland, in 1789 who eventually escaped to Canada. He was involved in assisting other Blacks to leave through the Underground Railroad, establshed the Dawn Settlement and a school in Kent County, Ontario, served in the local Militia, and became respected Methodist MInister. Harriet Beecher Stowe herself stated that " A last instance parallel with that of Uncle Tom is to be found in the published memoirs of the venerable Josiah Henson..now pastor of the missionary settlement at Dawn, in Canada" [The building that was his home during much of his time in the area, from 1841 until his death in 1883 is now the"Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site, Dresden Kent County, Ontario "] 215p. frontis. illus.bibliography ..
Search Results: Black History from KALAMOS BOOKS
You searched for:
- Subject: Black History from KALAMOS BOOKS
Results 1 - 4 of 4
Black Moses, the Real Uncle Tom
by Beattie, Jessie L.
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st Can Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
- Item Price
-
$45.00$12.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Item Price
$45.00
$12.00
shipping to USA
SHADD. The Life and Times of Mary Shadd Cary
by Bearden, Jim & Butler, Linda Jean
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good>Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Canadian Edition.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 13
- 9780919600744
- ISBN 10
- 0919600743
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
- Item Price
-
$45.00$12.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Torornto: NC Press, 1977 Book. Good>Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Canadian Edition.. Mary Ann Shadd Cary (October 9, 1823 - June 5, 1893) was an American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, and lawyer. She was the first black woman publisher in Canada - she edited The Provincial Freeman, established in 1853. Published weekly in southern Ontario, it advocated equality, integration and self-education for black people in Canada and the United States, She was also the first black woman to attend law school in the US. 230p.illus+24p. bibliography and index. Text neat and complete, but marred by some stains along edge of pages.
Item Price
$45.00
$12.00
shipping to USA
The Settlement of Negroes in Kent County, Ontario, and a Study of the Mental Capacity of their Descendants
by Tanser, H.A. [Harry Ambrose]
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st Can Ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
- Item Price
-
$75.00$12.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Chatam, Ontario: The Shepherd Publishing Co, 1939 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Can Ed.. The author was Superintendent of Schools, Chatham,Ontario. This book is "A Condensation of a Thesis Submitted in Conformity With the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Pedagogy in the University of Toronto". and includes and array of statistical charts and tables reflecting the reults of various reading and intelligence tests administered to White and Negro schoolchildren in the area during the 1930s. 'It is proposed in the following work to give some account of the history of the early settlement of Negroes in Kent County, Ontario, and to make a study of the mental capacity of Kent County coloured children.While there are many data available from the testing of American Negroes, very few attempts have been made to examine the mental capacity of any reasonably large group of Canadian Negroes. Kent County, Ontario, was among the few regions where Black people were found in comparatively large…
Read More Item Price
$75.00
$12.00
shipping to USA
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Silenced
by Silvera, Makeda
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 13
- 9780920813737
- ISBN 10
- 0920813739
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
- Item Price
-
$15.00$12.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Toronto: Sister Vision Press, 1989 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. Talks with workong class Caribbean women about their lives and struggles as Domestc Workers in Canada. Second edition with a new introduction.114p. Slight 1cm chip to head of spine, else fine..
Item Price
$15.00
$12.00
shipping to USA