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Acts of Resistance: Black Men and Women Engage Slavery in Upper Canada, 1793-1803

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Acts of Resistance: Black Men and Women Engage Slavery in Upper Canada, 1793-1803


This paper examines how enslaved Africans living in Upper Canada at the turn of the 19th century protested and resisted their enslavement in diverse ways, and the impact of this resistant behaviour on attempts to legislate against and ameliorate the effects of slavery in the province.

About the Author

Afua Cooper is a Professor in the Departments of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University, where she also holds cross appointments in History and Gender and Women Studies.

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