The complications incidental to a Fugitive Slave law ... The law of Canada, like that of England, permits imprisonment for debt, whereas certain States of the American Union recognize no such ...

Whether born slave or free, African Americans in the North found themselves ... his home until they were able to secure safe passage to Canada. By the time of the formation of the new Philadelphia ...

the episode directly confronts both the show’s characters and PBS viewers with the hazards facing African Americans during the perilous transition from slavery to freedom. With no food but what ...

In the 1850s and 1860s, British North America became a popular refuge for slaves fleeing the horrors of plantation life in the American South. In all 30,000 slaves fled to Canada, many with the ...

“People in Canada don ... back into the slave system in the United States or as far away as the Caribbean. “Though it never developed the plantation economy of the American South, Nova ...

In East Africa a slave trade was well established before the Europeans arrived on the scene. It was driven by the sultanates of the Middle East. African slaves ended up as sailors in Persia ...

Black History Month is celebrated each February in the United States and Canada. Each nation's history is filled with notable contributions from Black individuals, many of whom overcame incredible odd ...

Germans and African Americans. It also served as a safe haven for escaped slaves in a state where slavery was abolished in 1827. “Originally the site of New York City’s first free Black ...