The Promised Land: History and Historiography of the Black Experience in Chatham-Kent's Settlements and Beyond

The Promised Land: History and Historiography of the Black Experience in Chatham-Kent's Settlements and BeyondEschewing the often romanticized Underground Railroad narrative that portrays southern Ontario as the welcoming destination of Blacks fleeing from slavery, The Promised Land reveals the Chatham Kent area as a crucial settlement site for an early Black presence in Canada. The contributors present the everyday lives and professional activities of individuals and families in these communities and highlight early cross border activism to end slavery in

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a physician specializing in general and child psychiatry

There’s a new player on the board

But Brittney knows that’s nothing but a sham

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Black Bodies and Transhuman Realities: Scientifically Modifying the Black Body in Posthuman Literature and Culture makes a series of valuable contributions to ongoing dialogues surrounding posthuman blackness and Afro-transhumanism

return to the land of your father’s birth

As she struggles to hold onto the life she holds dear

Romain focuses on Afro-Caribbean and Jewish individuals and groups