Chains Unearthed
A ground-breaking work on the black and aboriginal slaves who helped build New France, finally translated into English May 2014
As recently as the third quarter of the 20th century, just a few substantial books existed about the history of blacks in Canada. Two scholarly works—The Blacks in Canada: A History by Yale University’s Robin Winks and The Black Loyalists: The Search for the Promised Land in Nova Scotia and Sierra …