Ontario History articles from March 2007

Ontario History archives from March 2007

Ontario Black History.(FROM THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION)(Ontario Historical Society)(Brief article)
March 22, 2007... Congratulations to the Ontario Historical Society on the production of Ontario History's first themed journal on black history in this province. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You are to be commended for this landmark issue--an important...

A message from Dr. Jean Augustine, chair, Ontario Bicentenary Commemorative Committee on the Abolition of the Slave Trade.(Brief article)
March 22, 2007... On March 21, I was pleased that the Government of Ontario passed a resolution to commemorate the 200th anniversary of British Parliament's passage of An Act for the Abolition of Slave Trade, 1807. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This...

Motion commemorating 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, 1807 March 21, 2007.
March 22, 2007... Be it resolved that: The Legislative Assembly recognizes that the 25th of March 2007, marks the 200th anniversary of the passage by the British Parliament of An Act for the Abolition of Slave Trade, 1807; To acknowledge that this trade...

Introduction.
March 22, 2007... Forging Freedom: In Honour of the Bicentenary of the British Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade, is The Ontario Historical Society's ninety-ninth publication of the journal Ontario History. It is the first issue to focus entirely on the...

Acts of resistance: Black men and women engage slavery in Upper Canada, 1793-1803.
March 22, 2007... Abstract This paper examines how enslaved Africans living in Upper Canada at the turn of the 19th century protested and resisted their enslavement in diverse ways, and the impact of this resistant behaviour on attempts to legislate against...

The case of Isaac Brown: fugitive slave.
March 22, 2007... Abstract Few topics in Ontario's rich history rival that of the Underground Railroad in terms of human drama and intrigue. One of those individual stories that graphically illustrate that point is that of Isaac Brown. His epic story...

From immigrant to establishment a black family's journey.
March 22, 2007... Abstract This is the remarkable story of a Black family who came to Toronto in the 1830s, escaping from bondage and racism in the United States. The Lafferty family achieved levels of education and professional prominence that could only...

Communities of resistance: African Canadians and African Americans in antebellum Toronto.
March 22, 2007... Abstract Before the Civil War, what is now Ontario was the main destination of passengers on the fabled "Underground Railroad." Relatively little scholarly attention has been paid to the Black community that grew up in the province's...

Blacks in 1880s Toronto: the search for equality.
March 22, 2007... Abstract By the 1880s Toronto had a well established black community. While Africans in Ontario's largest city had achieved a certain amount of political equality, social and economic equality remained elusive. Using a number of examples...

No "Back Alley Clique": the campaign to desegregate Chatham's public schools, 1891-1893.
March 22, 2007... Abstract In 1891, the Kent County Civil Rights League was formed to seek redress in several areas in which the Black community of Chatham felt they were being wronged. The first issue they decided to tackle was the segregated school...

Ushering children away from a "light grey world": Dr. Daniel Hill III and his pursuit of a respectable Black Canadian community.
March 22, 2007... Abstract This paper is about Dr. Daniel Hill III, the first director of the Ontario Human Rights Agency. Paying particular attention to Dr Hill's work with the Committee for the Adoption of Coloured Youngsters and the Ontario Black History...

Archival sources: treasures from Ontario's Archives.(E. Andrea Moore Heritage Room)
March 22, 2007... E. Andrea Moore Heritage Room A new archival repository in Windsor, Ontario, the E. Andrea Moore Heritage Room within the Northstar Cultural Community Centre, houses small, but significant collections relating to history of the local Black...

Telling Our Stories: Omushkego Legends and Histories from Hudson Bay.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Telling Our Stories: Omushkego Legends and Histories from Hudson Bay By Louis Bird. Edited by Jennifer S.H. Brown, Paul W. DePasquale, and Mark F. Ruml, with contributions by Roland Bohr, Anne Lindsay, and Donna G. Sutherland....

Through Water, Ice and Fire: Schooner Nancy of the War of 1812.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Through Water, Ice & Fire: Schooner Nancy of the War of 1812 By Barry Gough. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2006. 213 pp. $24.99 softcover. ISBN 1-55002-569-4. Through Water, Ice & Fire is a biography of the Nancy, a sailing vessel that...

Under the North Star: Black Communities in Upper Canada.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Under the North Star: Black Communities in Upper Canada By Donald G. Simpson. Edited by Paul E. Lovejoy. A Publication of the Harriet Tubman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora, York University, Toronto. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World...

From Quaker to Upper Canadian: Faith and Community among Yonge Street Friends, 1801-1850.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... From Quaker to Upper Canadian: Faith and Community among Yonge Street Friends, 1801-1850. By Robynne Rogers Healey. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006. 292 pages. Illustrations. $75.00 cloth. ISBN 0-7735-3136-X....

Revival in the City: The Impact of American Evangelists in Canada, 1884-1914.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Revival in the City: The Impact of American Evangelists in Canada, 1884-1914. By Eric R. Crouse. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005. xv + 230 pp. $65.00 hardcover. ISBN 0-7735-2898-9. This volume is a part of...

Death in the Queen City: Clara Ford on Trial, 1895.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Death in the Queen City: Clara Ford on Trial, 1895 By Parick Brode. Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, 2005. xii+ 183pp. $22.95 soft-cover. ISBN 1-897045-00. Death in the Queen City recounts the spectacular nineteenth-century trial of...

The Canadian Niagara Power Company Story.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... The Canadian Niagara Power Company Story. By Norman Ball. Erin, Ontario: The Boston Mills Press, 2005. 318 pp. $49.95 hardcover. ISBN 1-55046-462-0. This book is both a history of a company that no longer exists and a story of an...

Canada and the First World War: Essays in Honour of Robert Craig Brown.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Canada and the First World War: Essays in Honour of Robert Craig Brown Edited by David MacKenzie. University of Toronto Press, 2005. xii + 452 pp. Illustrated. $65.00 hardcover. ISBN 0-8020-3573-6. $29.95 softcover. ISBN 0-8020-8445-1. ...

Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Canada: American Philanthropy and the Arts and Letters in Canada.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Rockefeller, Carnegie, & Canada: American Philanthropy and the Arts and Letters in Canada By Jeffrey D. Brison. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006. xiv + 282 pp. $75.00 hardcover. ISBN 0-7735-2868-7. It would...

Books received.
March 22, 2007... Antal, Sandy, and Kevin R. Shackleton. Duty Nobly Done: The Official History of The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment. Windsor: Walkerville Publishing, 2006. 828 pp. $59.00 hardcover. ISBN 0-9731834-8-9. Cimon, Anne. Susanna Moodie: Pioneer...