Afua Cooper Books
We'Re Rooted Here And They Can'T Pull Us Up: Essays In African Canadian Women'S History
By Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper, Linda Carty, Peggy Bristow, Dionne Brand, Sylvia Hamilton, Peggy Bristow, Dionne Brand, Linda Carty, Afua Cooper, Sylvia Hamilton, Adrienne Shadd
Despite the increasing scope and authority of women's studies, the role of Black women in Canada's history has remained largely unwritten and unacknowledged. This silence supports the common belief...
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A Fluid Frontier: Slavery, Resistance, And The Underground Railroad In The Detroit River Borderland
By Margaret Washington, Adrienne Shadd, Debian Marty, Afua Cooper, Finkenbine, Roy E., David W. Blight, Bryan Prince, Louis A. DeCaro, Jr., Karolyn Smardz Frost, Larry McClellan, Carol E. Mull, Kimberly Simmons, Irene Moore Davis, Barbara Hughes Smith Ph.D, Buxton National Historic Site & Museum, Veta Smith Tucker, Karolyn Smardz Frost (Editor), Veta Smith Tucker (Editor)
As the major gateway into British North America for travelers on the Underground Railroad, the U.S./Canadian border along the Detroit River was a boundary that determined whether thousands of ensla...
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The Hanging Of Angélique
During the night of April 10, 1734, Montréal burned. Marie-Joseph Angélique, a twenty-nine-year-old slave, was arrested, tried, and found guilty of starting the blaze that consumed forty-six buildi...
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The Hanging Of Angélique: The Untold Story Of Canadian Slavery And The Burning Of Old Montréal
During the night of April 10, 1734, Montral burned. Marie-Joseph Anglique, a twenty-nine-year-old slave, was arrested, tried, and found guilty of starting the blaze that consumed forty-six building...
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Black Writers Matter
By Afua Cooper, Whitney French, Whitney French, Afua Cooper
"Black Writers? African, Bluesy, Classical, Disrespectful, Erudite, Fiery, Groovy, Haunting, Inspiring, Jazzy, Knowing, Liberating, Militant, Nervy, Optimistic, Pugnacious, Quixotic, Rambunctious,...
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