Black Loyalists and Black Slaves in Maritime Canada

History Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1980-1997

  Whitfield, Harvey Amani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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EID: 85164615580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14780542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2007.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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