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North to Bondage: Loyalist Slavery in the Maritimes

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North to Bondage: Loyalist Slavery in the Maritimes

North to Bondage: Loyalist Slavery in the Maritimes

North to Bondage traces the transition and movement of black people from slavery in the United States to continued slavery in the Maritimes. It is not an optimistic story of slavery to freedom but rather a narrative about forced migration, displacement, and the expansion of slavery in the British Empire.

Piecing together fragments of the archival record – drawn from court documents, newspaper articles, government documents, and oral narratives – Harvey Amani Whitfield illuminates how slaves drew upon kinship networks and found strength in traditions of survival and resistance to fight for freedom in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. 

About the Author

Harvey Amani Whitfield is a professor of United States and Canadian History at the University of Calgary.

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