Lecture Theatre
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After the American Revolution, the relocation of British Loyalists north from the newly formed United States of America to British North America, resulted in the dramatic increase of enslaved Black people who were forcefully brought to Upper Canada (present-day Ontario). Despite some existing scholarship, very little is known about the scale and nature of racial chattel slavery in Upper Canada, and that which has been written does not explore the experiences, identities, or social relations of those enslaved. Who were the women, men, and children, held in hereditary bondage? What kinds of labour did they perform? How did they resist? For this iteration of History Now!. we'll be joined by Dr. Henry-Dixon who will discuss One Too Many: Black Enslavement in Upper Canada, 1760-1834, a study that seeks to recover and reconstruct their lives and reinterpret the history of slavery from a new vantage point: below.
Presented in partnership with Huron Community History Centre at Huron University College, all History Now! lectures are free to students and educators. This iteration of History Now! is additionally presented in partnership with the London Black Heritage Council (previously the London Black History Coordinating Committee). We ask everyone else to pay what they can upon entry. Registration is required for all.
