Item – Theses Canada

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OCLC number
949892162
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Author
Greaves, I. C.(Ida Cecil),1907-1990,
Title
The Negro in Canada
Degree
McGill University, 1930
Publisher
[Montreal] : McGill University Libraries, [1930]
Description
1 online resource
Notes
Thesis supervisor: Leacock, S. & Kemp, H. (Supervisors).
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
"Canada was settled by two large slave-owning nations during the per1od that Negro slavery flourished, but few slaves were brought here. As an adjacent territory offering freedom itwas for nearly a hundred years the refuge of slaves escap1ng from the United States, yet Negroes have always been a very small part of its population. The twelve m1llion Negroes in the United States and the seven million in the West Indies are much nearer than the European countries which have poured millions of immigrants into Canada, but their contribution has been negligible. Is 1t mere chance that they have not come 1n larger numbers? Does the lack of economic attract1on expla1n their absence? Is it the coldness of the climate that has prevented extensive Negro settlement? Or has there been some direct or indirect influence in Canadian public pol1cy? It is the purpose of this thesis to attempt an answer to these quest1ons by exam1n1ng the historical background of the Negro in Canada, and the status and opportunities of the race under the conditions of life 1n this country. ..."--
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digitool.library.mcgill.ca
escholarship.mcgill.ca
escholarship.mcgill.ca
Subject
Black people Canada.
Personnes noires Canada.
Economics.
Blacks -- Canada.