History

Descriptions of children's publications with an emphasis on black culture and folklore.
http://www.yorku.ca/aconline/literature/children.html

Gives a profile of this Canadian writer who was born and raised in Barbados. Includes a list of his works, a select bibliography and related links.
http://www.athabascau.ca/writers/aclarke.html

Lesson plan for grades 5-8 helping to understand the slave trade and how it affected and was affected by life in Canada from 1600-1833.
http://www.ecb.org/pdf/africanslavetrade5.pdf

Directory of links to websites about Black Canadian history, organizations and issues.
http://www.library.dal.ca/subjects/CanBlack.htm

Exhibit touches on some of the key issues that have affected the black community in Ontario over the past 220 years including emancipation and the anti-slavery movement.
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/black_history...

Article discusses the evolution of the Black Church in Canada, describing the Black Church experience within several major periods in Canadian history.
http://www.mcmaster.ca/mjtm/1-5.htm

Proposal for a cairn to be built commemorating the underground railway and the black heritage of Owen Sound. Explains the symbolism involved.
http://city.owen-sound.on.ca/cairproject-BlackHistoryHeritag...

Features an annotated guide to online resources on the history of Canada's Black community. Includes information on enslavement, Black settlement in Canada, Caribbean and African immigration, human rights, and the contributions of Black Canadians.
http://www.blackhistorycanada.ca/

Abridged version of an address to the Black History Conference, University of Toronto, 1978. Describes the history of Black Canadians in Upper Canada from the 1700s to the 1970s.
http://www.tgmag.ca/magic/mt40.html

On-line exhibit follows the history of the Pierpoint and Queen's Bush settlements and migration of slaves to the starting of a Black community in Guelph.
http://guelph.ca/museum/BlackHistory/index.htm