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Dr. Carrie Best - 1946
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For access to the accompanying historiographical essay, with more information about black history and linkages to the Enlightenment, the Romantic era, and the Realist era, scroll to the bottom of this page and click on the document beside the picture of Dr. Best.<br /><br />Dr. Carrie Best was a Nova Scotia journalist, author and human rights activist who published <em>The Clarion</em>, the first black-owned newspaper in Nova Scotia, starting in 1946. She had a radio show that ran for twelve years across the maritime provinces called <em>The Quiet Corner.</em> In 1977 her autobiography was published, entitled <em>That Lonesome Road</em>. She became a Member of the Order of Canada in 1974, and in 1979 was further honoured by being made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Dr. Best died in 2001 but was posthumously awarded the Order of Nova Scotia in 2002 and was remembered on a Canada Post stamp in 2011.
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(probably) Berma Marshall, Dr. Best's foster daughter
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Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library and The Chronicle Herald, Halifax
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1940s
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<a href="http://www.parl.ns.ca/carriebest/bestslide.html">http://www.parl.ns.ca/carriebest/bestslide.html</a>
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John Ware Black rancher and family southern Alberta 1896
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From left to right, these people are Mildred Ware, her son Robert, her daughter Nettie, and her husband John Ware. John Ware was originally from South Carolina where he was born into a slave family. When he grew up he became a successful rancher in Alberta. As well as being remembered for his ranching skills and horsemanship, he is also recalled for starting the art of steer-wrestling twenty years before it was introduced at the Calgary Stampede.
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The Glenbow Museum
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ca. 1896
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<a href="http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx?XC=/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx&TN=IMAGEBAN&AC=QBE_QUERY&RF=WebResults&DF=WebResultsDetails&DL=0&RL=0&NP=255&MR=10&QB0=AND&QF0=File%20number&QI0=NA-263-1">http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx?XC=/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx&TN=IMAGEBAN&AC=QBE_QUERY&RF=WebResults&DF=WebResultsDetails&DL=0&RL=0&NP=255&MR=10&QB0=AND&QF0=File%20number&QI0=NA-263-1</a>
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Graph Showing Riddell's prominent use of the word <em>law</em> in his 1919 article "The Slave in Upper Canada"
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This graph shows the use of the word <em>law</em> in four publications written at different times. They are:<br />1) Robert Charles Dallas's 1803 book <em>History of the Maroons: from their origin to the establishment of their chief tribe at Sierre Leone</em><br />2) Alexander Milton Ross's 1875 book <em>Recollections and experiences of an abolitionist, from 1855 to 1865.</em><br />3) Janet Carnochan's 1897 article "A Slave Rescue in Niagara Sixty Years Ago.” <br />4) W.R. Riddel's 1919 article “The Slave in Upper Canada.” <br /><br />In keeping with the change in writing style from the Romantic style of the 19th century to the Realist style of the 20th century, Riddell excluded himself from the narrative and his tone became less flowery and expressive, and was replaced by a more reserved and empirical tone. Riddell focused on facts and evidence. The words he used most often included <em>law</em>, <em>court</em>, <em>justice</em>, <em>act</em> and <em>case</em>, as well as <em>statute</em>, <em>governor</em>, <em>journal</em> and <em>council</em>. And while Carnochan and Ross, who are mentioned earlier in the exhibit, also used these words, Carnochan used them less often, and Ross used them to refer to religious themes, such as <em>God’s law</em> or the <em>law of wickedness and righteousness</em>.
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Allison Smith
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Dallas, Robert Charles. <em>History of the Maroons: from their origin to the establishment of their chief tribe at Sierre Leone</em>. Vol. 2. London: Longman and Rees, 1803. <br /><br />Ross, Alexander Milton. Recollections and experiences of an abolitionist, from 1855 to 1865. Toronto: Rowsell, 1875. <br /><br />Carnochan, Janet. “A Slave Rescue in Niagara Sixty Years Ago.” Niagara Historical Society 2 (1897).<br /><br />Riddell, W.R. “The Slave in Upper Canada.” The Journal of Negro History 4, no. 4 (October 1919).
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2012
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Sinclair, Stéfan and Geoffrey Rockwell. <em>Voyant Tools</em>. ©2013 v.3.0 <a href="http://voyeurtools.org/">http://voyeurtools.org/</a> (accessed February 26, 2013).
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Viola Desmond, 1946
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Viola Desmond was a woman ahead of her time on several levels. In 1946 she was a young, successful, Black, female entrepreneur. At a young age she had recognized a lack of beauty services for Black women and launched the Desmond Studio of Beauty Culture and the Desmond School of Beauty Culture. With an increasing number of graduates from her school, she successfully established a province-wide demand for her products and services. In 1946, while delivering products to customers, she had car trouble in New Glasgow. It was while waiting for the repairs to be done that she ran into trouble with the local authorities for refusing to move out of the "White" section of a movie theatre, and ended up being injured, arrested and charged. Despite losing her fight for Black rights at the Supreme Court of Canada, segregation was outlawed in Nova Scotia in 1954. Ms. Desmond eventually left Canada for New York City where she died in 1965. The government of Nova Scotia issued a formal apology to her family in 2010 and Canada Post issued a stamp in her honour.
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Unknown
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Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia
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ca. 1946
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<a href="http://www.bccns.com/news/2012/2012_viola.php">http://www.bccns.com/news/2012/2012_viola.php</a>
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Jeremiah "Jerry" Jones 1916
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Jeremiah Jones was from Truro, Nova Scotia who fought in the First World War, including at Vimy Ridge. He enlisted in the Nova Scotia Rifles but was later transferred to the Royal Canadian Regiment. Despite his bravery in battle he did not receive his Distinguished Service Medal during his life time, but rather was awarded it sixty years after his death and almost 100 years after the actual battle.
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Unknown
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada
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ca. 1916
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<a href="http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/games/museum/3.asp">http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/games/museum/3.asp</a>
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Black Children Outside Home Amber Valley Alberta 1911
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Many Black families that came to Alberta and Saskatchewan in the early 1900s took up farming. Some were able to take over abandoned, partially established land claims. Others had to start from scratch. Nevertheless within a decade, the average farm in Amber Valley consisted of thirty-eight acres of land, as well as horses, cattle, and homes for the families. Farmers also undertook jobs that paid in cash, such as lumbering and carting to enable them to purchase goods that they could not produce themselves.
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Unknown
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Library and Archives Canada
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Athabasca University
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1911
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Copyright Expired
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<a href="http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/200/301/ic/can_digital_collections/athabasca/html/amber/index.htm">http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/200/301/ic/can_digital_collections/athabasca/html/amber/index.htm</a>
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Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott
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The son of American fugitives living in Toronto, Anderson Ruffin Abbott became the first Black medical doctor in Canada. During the American Civil War, he volunteered as a surgeon for the Union forces. After returning to Canada he became Canada's first Black coroner.
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Unknown
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Library and Archives Canada
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ca. 1865
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Copyright expired
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Mikan no. 20475
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Ross Graph of the words God and My
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These graphs compare the use of the words <em>god</em> and <em>my</em> in four publications written at different times. They are:<br />1) Robert Charles Dallas's 1803 book <em>History of the Maroons: from their origin to the establishment of their chief tribe at Sierre Leone</em><br />2) Alexander Milton Ross's 1875 book <em>Recollections and experiences of an abolitionist, from 1855 to 1865.</em><br />3) Janet Carnochan's 1897 article "A Slave Rescue in Niagara Sixty Years Ago.” <br />4) W.R. Riddel's 1919 article “The Slave in Upper Canada.” <br /><br />Ross's use of the word <em>my</em> demonstrates a Romantic style of writing that is limited or even absent in publications from other style periods, such as Dallas's Enlightenment style book and Riddell's Realist style article, although it is seen in Carnochan's article. In a classic Romantic style he inserts himself into the narrative using the word <em>my</em> and <em>me</em>. This use of the self in the narrative is also seen in the other publications but to a lesser extent.<br /><br />Ross's 250-page book also uses Romantic-style flowery language, such as "<span class="token word">most</span><span> </span><span class="token word">monstrous </span><span class="token word">outrage</span>" and "<span class="token word">glared</span><span> </span><span class="token word">upon</span><span> </span><span class="token word">me</span><span> </span><span class="token word">with</span><span> </span><span class="token word">fierce</span><span> </span><span class="token word">and </span><span class="token word">fiendish</span><span> </span><span class="token word">looks.</span>"<br /><br />But Ross also adds to his Romantic style a religious tone that was common from 1850 to the early 1900s under the influence of the Third Great Awakening and the Social Gospel Movement. In his text the word <em>god</em> ranks as his 35<sup>th</sup> most commonly used word, and its prominance is evident on the graph shown here. He also frequently used the words <em>glory, Christian, almighty, hallelujah</em> and <em>bible</em>.
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Allison Smith
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Dallas, Robert Charles. <em>History of the Maroons: from their origin to the establishment of their chief tribe at Sierre Leone</em>. Vol. 2. London: Longman and Rees, 1803. <br /><br />Ross, Alexander Milton. Recollections and experiences of an abolitionist, from 1855 to 1865. Toronto: Rowsell, 1875. <br /><br />Carnochan, Janet. “A Slave Rescue in Niagara Sixty Years Ago.” Niagara Historical Society 2 (1897).<br /><br />Riddell, W.R. “The Slave in Upper Canada.” The Journal of Negro History 4, no. 4 (October 1919).
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2013
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Sinclair, Stéfan and Geoffrey Rockwell. <em>Voyant Tools</em>. ©2013 v.3.0 <a href="http://voyeurtools.org/">http://voyeurtools.org/</a> (accessed February 26, 2013).
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English
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Graphs of 4 books including Janet Carnochan's “A Slave Rescue in Niagara Sixty Years Ago” 1897
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These graphs compare the use of the words <em>hero</em> and <em>my</em> in four publications written at different times. They are:<br />1) Robert Charles Dallas's 1803 book <em>History of the Maroons: from their origin to the establishment of their chief tribe at Sierre Leone</em><br />2) Alexander Milton Ross's 1875 book <em>Recollections and experiences of an abolitionist, from 1855 to 1865.</em><br />3) Janet Carnochan's 1897 article "A Slave Rescue in Niagara Sixty Years Ago.” <br />4) W.R. Riddel's 1919 article “The Slave in Upper Canada.” <br /><br />Carnochan's use of the word <em>hero</em> demonstrates a Romantic style of writing that is absent in the other publications. In a classic Romantic style she inserts herself into the narrative using the word <em>my</em> as in phrases like "my hero." This use of the self in the narrative is also seen in the other publications but to a lesser extent.
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Allison Smith
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Dallas, Robert Charles. <em>History of the Maroons: from their origin to the establishment of their chief tribe at Sierre Leone</em>. Vol. 2. London: Longman and Rees, 1803. <br /><br />Ross, Alexander Milton. Recollections and experiences of an abolitionist, from 1855 to 1865. Toronto: Rowsell, 1875. <br /><br />Carnochan, Janet. “A Slave Rescue in Niagara Sixty Years Ago.” Niagara Historical Society 2 (1897).<br /><br />Riddell, W.R. “The Slave in Upper Canada.” The Journal of Negro History 4, no. 4 (October 1919).
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2012
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Sinclair, Stéfan and Geoffrey Rockwell. <em>Voyant Tools</em>. ©2013 v.3.0 <a href="http://voyeurtools.org/">http://voyeurtools.org/</a> (accessed February and March, 2013).
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Victoria Pioneer Rifle, Corps (1860-1865)
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The mid-nineteenth century was a chaotic time in the North American northwest. British Columbia was not a province but a scattered collection of British colonies. The border dispute with the Americans had only recently been settled. But the gold rush was on and thousands of Americans had flooded into Victoria and the mainland, setting up tent cities and overwhelming the small population. While the Royal Navy patrolled the coastline, there was no militia to enforce British law. This was also a time when free American Blacks living in the U.S. west were again at risk of enslavement. In 1860, 45 Black men, who had taken refuge in Victoria, stepped forward to form the first military unit in the British North American west. They were the Victoria Pioneer Rifle Corps, also known as the African Rifles. They obtained some training from the Royal Navy, and built a drill hall. However, they were not officially sponsored by the British government. Prejudice and lack of recognition led them to disband five years later. With the end of the American Civil War, and emancipation, many returned to the U.S., disillusioned by British North American treatment.
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www.blackpast.org
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March 1864
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<a href="http://www.blackpast.org/?q=gah/victoria-pioneer-rifle-corps-1861-1865">http://www.blackpast.org/?q=gah/victoria-pioneer-rifle-corps-1861-1865</a>