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Emancipation Day 2024

SurreyLibrary_Reads- August 1 is Emancipation Day in Canada. Emancipation Day marks the end of legal slavery in Britain and Canada. Canadians are not always aware there is a history of slavery in Canada. Each August 1 let’s reflect and learn about the lasting impacts of racism and slavery. Check out these titles to get started.

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  • BookNew York : Doubleday, [2024] — EVERETT
  • Black Ghost of Empire

    the Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation

    Manjapra, Kris, 1978-
    BookNew York : Scribner, 2022. — 306.3620973 MAN 2022
  • Resistance to Slavery

    From Escape to Everyday Rebellion

    Lewis, Cicely
    BookMinneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2022] — 306.3620973 LEW 2022
  • It Was Dark There All the Time

    Sophia Burthen and the Legacy of Slavery in Canada

    Hunter, Andrew, 1963-
    BookFredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions, 2022 — 306.362 HUN 2022
  • A Man Called Horse

    John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad

    Turner, Glennette Tilley
    BookNew York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, [2021] — 975.900497 HOR 2021
  • BookQualicum Beach, BC : Caitlin Press, [2021] — C811.6 GIB 2021
  • Graphic NovelNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021. — TAYLOR
  • BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2020] — NOLEN
  • BookNew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2019] — RANSOME
  • She Came to Slay

    the Life and Times of Harriet Tubman

    Dunbar, Erica Armstrong
    BookNew York : 37 Ink/Simon & Schuster, 2019. — 973.7115092 TUB 2019
  • BookHalfmoon Bay, BC : Caitlin Press, 2019. — C811.6 GIB 2019
  • BookToronto : Patrick Crean Editions, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2018. — EDUGYAN
  • Book[Toronto, Ontario] : Tundra Books, [2015] — 326.80922 WIL 2015
  • Free Boy

    a True Story of Slave and Master

    McConaghy, Lorraine
    BookSeattle : University of Washington Press, ©2013. — 306.362092 MCC 2013
  • BookMontréal, Québec : Véhicule Press, ©2013. — 306.3620971 TRU 2013