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Few people know that slavery existed in Canada as it did in the United States. Using illustrations, maps, archival documents and photographs, it shows how slaves were kept and sold in Canada until 1863, thirty-two years before the U.S. Emancipation Proclamation. Member of a series: Hymn to Freedom:...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sweeney, Sylvia (Director), Speaks, Almeta (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1998.
Series:Filmakers Library online.
Hymn to Freedom: The History of Blacks in Canada ; 1.
Subjects:
Slavery > Canada.
Slavery > Québec (Province) > History.
Québec (Province)
Slavery
Canada
Québec
Documentary.
Documentaries and Factual Films
Streaming videos.
documentary film.
Documentary films
Feature films
History
Nonfiction films
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:Few people know that slavery existed in Canada as it did in the United States. Using illustrations, maps, archival documents and photographs, it shows how slaves were kept and sold in Canada until 1863, thirty-two years before the U.S. Emancipation Proclamation. Member of a series: Hymn to Freedom: The History of Blacks in Canada.
Item Description:Originally released as DVD.
Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
Physical Description:1 online resource (video file (56 min.)) : sound, color.
Playing Time:00:55:40
Audience:For High School; College; Adult audiences.
Production Credits:Director, Sylvia Sweeney ; writer, Peter Elkington ; director of photography, Derick Underschultz ; editor, Evan Landis.