Black Cemeteries Force Us to Re-examine Our History With Slavery
How we treat the dead tells a disturbing story about Canada’s racism
Posts by Charmaine A. Nelson
Charmaine A. Nelson is the William Lyon Mackenzie King visiting professor of Canadian Studies at Harvard University. Her next book, Towards an African Canadian Art History: Art, Memory, and Resistance, is out this spring.
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The Canadian Narrative about Slavery Is Wrong
Casting ourselves as the “saviours” of African American fugitives fits neatly into our national identity. But this country, too, was founded on exploitation
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