Thousands of black people sought refuge in Canada before the U.S. Civil War. While most refugees encountered at least some racism among Canadian citizens, many

A study of the emergence of community among African Americans in Nova Scotia.

Refugee States explores how the figure of the refugee and the concept of refuge shape the Canadian nation-state within a transnational context.

This book addresses the conceptual difficulties and political contestations surrounding the applicability of the term "African-Canadian". In the midst of this c