Demerara_Guy posted:Arrival of Exodusters
Black History, Canada -- http://blackhistorycanada.ca/e...p?themeid=7&id=7
communities stretching from western Alberta to the Thunder Bay area.
Plains Folk: Prairie Prejudice
An article about the prejudicial intolerance encountered by "exodusters" from Kansas who settled in Alberta in the early 20th century. From the website for North Dakota State University.
How they kept Canada almost lily white
An article about Canadian immigration policies aimed at stopping African Americans from migrating to Canada. Includes digitized copies of related archival documents. From the Some Missing Pages website.
And so now you admit Canada's racist treatment towards blacks. I told you this a month ago and you screamed that I should look at history.
This is why many of those who fled to Canada after slavery ended in Canada in 1838 and before slavery ended in the USA in 1865 returned to the USA. Both societies were racist so it made sense to return to the one with a more favorable climate.