THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD: Next Stop, Toronto!
A richly illustrated book, examines the urban connection of the clandestine system of secret routes, safe houses and “conductors.” Not only does it trace the story of the Underground Railroad itself and how people courageously made the trip north to Canada and freedom, but it also explores what happened to them after they arrived. And it does so using never-before-published information on the African-Canadian community of Toronto. Based entirely on new research carried out for the experiential theatre show “The Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Freedom!” at the Royal Ontario Museum, this volume offers new insights into the rich heritage of the Black people who made Toronto their home before the Civil War. It portrays life in the city during the nineteenth century in considerable detail.
Karolyn Smardz-Frost is a historian and archaeologist, and an adjunct professor at Acadia and Dalhousie Universities, and was a Harrison McCain Visiting Professor at Acadia from 2013-2016.
Adrienne Shadd is a historian curator, researcher, and writer. She is a descendant of Abraham Doras Shadd, an abolitionist in the 19th century, and Mary Ann Shadd Cary, a prominent activist and publisher.
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.
Other publications from this author include:
- Black Matters (2020)
- Steal Away Home (2017)
- A Fluid Frontier: Slavery, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad in the Detroit River Borderland (2016)
- A Fluid Frontier: Slavery, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad in the Detroit River Borderland (2016)
- The Journey from Tollgate to Parkway: African Canadians in Hamilton (2010)
- Ontario’s African-Canadian Heritage: Collected Writings by Fred Landon, 1918-1967 (2009)
- My Name Is Phillis Wheatley: A Story of Slavery and Freedom (2009)
- I’VE GOT A HOME IN GLORY LAND: A LOST TALE OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (2007)
- Acts of Resistance: Black Men and Women Engage Slavery in Upper Canada, 1793-1803 (2007)
- Multiple Lenses: Voices from the Diaspora located in Canada (2007)
- The Hanging Of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal (2007)
- Copper Woman and Other Poems (2006)
- TALKING ABOUT IDENTITY: ENCOUNTERS IN RACE, ETHNICITY, AND LANGUAGE (2001)
- The Archaeology Education Handbook: Sharing the Past with Kids (2000)
- Utterances and Incantations: Women, Poetry and Dub (1999)
- We’re Rooted Here and They Can’t Pull Us Up: Essays in African Canadian Women’s History (1994)
- Red Caterpillar on College Street (1992)
- Memories Have Tongue: Poetry (1992)
- Breaking Chains (1983)