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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Black Loyalists in New Brunswick The lives of eight African Americans in colonial New Brunswick 1783-1834 Formac Publishing	Among the Loyalists who were transported to the shores of New Brunswick by the British after their defeat by revolutionary Americans were several hundred African Americans. Like their …	Stephen Davidson	146	2020	View
Burnley “Rocky” Jones (Autobiography) Revolutionary Fernwood Publishing	Born and raised in Truro, Nova Scotia, Burnley “Rocky” Jones is one of Canada’s most important figures of social justice. Often referred to as Canada’s Stokely Carmichael, Jones was tirelessly …	Burnely “Rocky” Jones; James W.St.G. Walker	280	2016	View
NEW! Ghosts in a Photograph NeWest Press	In Ghosts in a Photograph, award-winning nonfiction writer Myrna Kostash delves into the lives of her grandparents, all of whom moved from Galicia, now present-day Ukraine, to Alberta at the turn …	Myrna Kostash	304	2022	View
No Place For A Woman Breakwater Books	As a young woman, the late Ella Manuel left the busy shipping community of Lewisporte, Newfoundland, for the wider world in the 1920s, but eventually returned to the island, as a single mother, …	Antony Berger	318	2020	View
NEW! The Mantle of Struggle A Biography of Black Revolutionary Rosie Douglas Between The Lines	Rosie Douglas, former prime minister of Dominica, had a life unlike any other modern politician. After leaving home to study agriculture in Canada, he became a member of the young Conservatives, …	Irving Andre	360	2023	View
From About This Book From: Burnley “Rocky” Jones (Autobiography) View Fernwood Publishing		Burnely “Rocky” Jones; James W.St.G. Walker	6	2016	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Foreword From: Ghosts in a Photograph View NeWest Press	The forward reflects on the author’s connection to the past and connection to their family through old photographs, discussing emigration, immigration, the old country of Galicia, …	Myrna Kostash	7	2022	$0.70 Add
From NEW! Introduction Laying the Foundation for the Black Experience in Canada From: Black Loyalists in New Brunswick View Formac Publishing	In the Introduction, Davidson outlines the arrival of the Black Loyalists in Canada and describes the experience they would have had upon arrival.	Stephen Davidson	12	2020	$1.20 Add
From NEW! Part One From: The Mantle of Struggle View Between The Lines	Part one explores Britain’s colonization of the Island of Dominica, provides historical background of Rosie Douglas’ ancestors, and describes the nature of his upbringing. Part one …	Irving Andre	24	2023	$2.40 Add
From Preface From: No Place For A Woman View Breakwater Books	The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life.	Antony Berger	2	2020	$0.20 Add
From NEW! Maps From: Ghosts in a Photograph View NeWest Press	Maps of Galicia, in context to the historical periods discussed throughout the book.	Myrna Kostash	2	2022	$0.20 Add
From On the Marsh From: Burnley “Rocky” Jones (Autobiography) View Fernwood Publishing		Burnely “Rocky” Jones; James W.St.G. Walker	24	2016	$2.40 Add
From NEW! Part Two From: The Mantle of Struggle View Between The Lines	Part two explores Douglas’ move to Canada to attend Sir George Williams University in Montreal during the 1960s. These chapters detail his life during this time; his civil rights activism …	Irving Andre	102	2023	$10.20 Add
From Telling Her Own Story From: No Place For A Woman View Breakwater Books	The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life.	Antony Berger	3	2020	$0.30 Add
From NEW! Thomas Hide New Brunswick’s First Black Loyalist From: Black Loyalists in New Brunswick View Collection: Canadian Society from the Margins: Canadian Social History from the 1760s to the 1960s Formac Publishing	This chapter begins the story of Thomas Hide, one of the first black loyalists to arrive in New Brunswick, as an indentured servant. The chapter describes the political and military situation …	Stephen Davidson	8	2020	$0.80 Add
From A Lewisporte Childhood From: No Place For A Woman View Breakwater Books	The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life.	Antony Berger	3	2020	$0.30 Add