Biographical Dictionary of Enslaved Black People in the Maritimes

Harvey Whitfield, Donald Wright

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University of Toronto Press
22 March 2022

Dictionaries of biography (Who's Who); History of the Americas; Slavery & abolition of slavery

Series: Studies in Atlantic Canada History

This important booksheds light on more than 1,400 brief life histories of mostly enslaved Black people, with the goal of recovering their individual lives.

Harvey Amani Whitfield unearths the stories of men, women, and children who would not otherwise have found their way into written history. The individuals mentioned come from various points of origin, including Africa, the West Indies, the Carolinas, the Chesapeake, and the northern states, showcasing the remarkable range of the Black experience in the Atlantic world. Whitfield makes it clear that these enslaved Black people had likes, dislikes, distinct personality traits, and different levels of physical, spiritual, and intellectual talent. Biographical Dictionary of Enslaved Black People in the Maritimes affirms the notion that they were all unique individuals, despite the efforts of their owners and the wider Atlantic world to dehumanize and erase them.

By: Harvey Whitfield
Foreword by: Donald Wright
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 530g
ISBN: 9781487543815
ISBN 10: 1487543816
Series: Studies in Atlantic Canada History
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 22 March 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Harvey Amani Whitfield is a professor of Black North American history at the University of Calgary. Donald Wright is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick.

Reviews for Biographical Dictionary of Enslaved Black People in the Maritimes

Although Canadian slavery is no longer a 'secret, ' there is no other volume with this extent of detailed evidence. This dictionary offers a lively, intimate, and authoritative portrait of Black enslavement in the Maritimes. - James W. St.G. Walker, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Waterloo From scattered and obscure records, Harvey Amani Whitfield has brilliantly reconstructed the varied lives of enslaved people in the Maritimes. This impressive work is not only a welcome addition to the study of Atlantic slavery, but also a model of archival research. - T.H. Breen, author of The Will of the People: The Revolutionary Birth of America Harvey Amani Whitfield weaves together an incredible array of scattered documentation to make an enormous contribution to breaking the silences and muted tones in Canadian history and historiography about the lives of enslaved people of African descent in the Maritime colonies. - Michele A. Johnson, Professor of History, York University What a tour de force! With meticulous research, evocative and accessible writing, and deep compassion, Harvey Amani Whitfield has provided all of us with a gift that will grace the shelves of both scholars and interested readers for a generation and more. - Karolyn Smardz Frost, Senior Research Fellow, A Black People's History of Canada, and Governor General's Award-winning author of I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad