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Author Kerr-Ritchie, Jeffrey R.

Title Rites of August First : Emancipation Day in the Black Atlantic world / J.R. Kerr-Ritchie.

Publication Info. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2007]
©2007
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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  HT1031 .K47 2007    Available  ---
Description xix, 272 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Antislavery, abolition, and the Atlantic world
Antislavery, abolition, and the Atlantic world.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: Transnational Emancipation day -- August First in the British West Indies -- West Indian emancipation and the American antislavery picnic -- August First in Afro-America -- Black loyalists in Canada West -- Fugitive slaves in Canada West -- Rehearsal for war: black militias in the Atlantic world -- Emancipation in Pan-African perspective.
Subject Emancipation Day (British West Indies)
Emancipation Day (British West Indies)
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- West Indies, British.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Ontario.
Ontario.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- British colonies.
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- French colonies.
ISBN 9780807132326 cloth alkaline paper
0807132322 cloth alkaline paper

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