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2 juillet 2018
- handle: 10670/1.owbiju
- isbn: 9782878544572
- eisbn: 9782878548778
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Frontier troubles Legends and stories Novels Stories Enslaved persons Slave keeping Antislavery Enslavement Slaveholding Servitude Ownership of slaves Mui tsai Abolition of slavery Thralldom Slave system Shelter (Humanitarian assistance) Refuge Sanctuary (Humanitarian assistance) Supraliminal perception Land Land utilization Utilization of land Use of land Annals Paws Hands Paw Slavery--Fugitive slaves Runaway slaves Paws Paw Feet Novels Novellas (Short novels) Fiction--Philosophy Metafiction Stories Community Intra-state war Civil wars RebellionsCiter ce document
Sandrine Ferré-Rode, « En quête d’un ailleurs : paroles et écritures de la migration », Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, ID : 10670/1.owbiju
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From 1815 to the American Civil War, a steady flow of fugitive slaves crossed the border from the United States to Canada to seek refuge “under the lion’s paw.” In 1855 Boston abolitionist Benjamin Drew visited the Black fugitives to record their stories in those communities of Canada West where they had settled. While their testimonies invariably denounce the horror of slavery, they also provide insights into the former slaves’ perception of Canada, highlighting the ambivalent nature of the fugitives’ rapport with their host country, rather than sanctioning the image of Canada as a Promised Land.