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Compelling tale of runaway slaves
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May 1, 2008
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- Galt, George
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Copyright informationCopyright Assn of Universities & Colleges of Canada May 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Compelling tale of runaway slaves
Dramatic work adds to history of African Canadian community
In 1985, Karolyn Smardz Frost's archaeological team unearthed the remains of what had once been the home of two escaped slaves from the United States. It was a unique discovery that attracted attention from around the world. The site became the first archaeological dig of an underground railroad site in Canada. Local records showed that the house had originally belonged to "Thornton Blackburn, cabman, coloured," and initial research revealed that Blackburn had owned and operated Toronto's first taxi cab, that his wife's name was Lucie, and that they had originally lived in Kentucky. But little else ...
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New York debut for local authors
The Weekly Gleaner;
March 6, 2008 ;
Anonymous;
418 words
......DON DOMANSKI, Karolyn Smardz Frost and Colleen Murphy, winners...the Consulate General of Canada in New York and the Canada Council for the Arts, the...York and Senior Advisor on Canada-U.S. relations to the President...the Americas Society's Canada Festival, as well as Upper...the ...
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Beichman, Arnold;
787 words
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November 3, 1995 ;
Charles Krauthammer;
712 words
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The Economist (US);
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David, Peter;
787 words
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Canada broadband scorecard--Q2 2007.
The Online Reporter;
September 29, 2007 ;
129 words
...Canada Broadband Scorecard--Q2 2007 Listed By Greatest Net Broadband Additions Company Broadband Broadband...Added/Lost Over Qtr or Phone Lines Added/Lost (000) (000) Yr (000) (000) Bell 1,959 18 1% 4,871 (159) Canada Rogers 1,364 25 2% 870 96 (Canada) Telus 963 14 1% 2,685 (56) (Canada) Vidotron 854 ...
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A desperate journey from slavery to freedom
The Boston Globe;
April 2, 2007 ;
Renee Graham;
605 words
......LAND; A LOST TALE OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD BY KAROLYN SMARDZ FROST FARRAR STRAUS GIROUX, 450 pp., WITH PHOTOS, $30. For Thornton...discovery were very high, the consequences unthinkable," Karolyn Smardz Frost writes. "Thornton had watched, too often, as the bleeding...they settled for several ...
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Canada Emerges from Recession, Shows New Vitality
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787 words
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476 words
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Canada Broadband Scorecard-Q2 2007.(Statistical table)
The Online Reporter;
September 8, 2007 ;
196 words
...Canada Braqodband Scorecard - Q2 2007 Listed By Greatest Net Broadband Additions Company Broadband Broadband...Total Added/Lost Change Phone Lines Lines (000) (000) Over (000) Qtr or Yr Bell 1,959 18 1% 4,871 (159) Canada Rogers 1,364 25 2% 870 96 (Canada) Telus 963 1% 2,685 (56) (Canada) Videotron ...
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Phi Delta Kappan;
February 1, 1995 ;
McConaghy, Tom;
787 words
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Canada in the 21st century: beyond dominion and middle power.
Behind the Headlines;
June 22, 2004 ;
Welsh, Jennifer M.;
787 words
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Canada. (one end of the Underground Railroad)(Follow the North Star, The...
American Visions;
April 1, 1995 ;
Blockson, Charles Chase, Henry;
787 words
...Canada's role in the Underground Railroad is interesting, particularly to me, because I have discovered that members of my own family made it from southern Delaware to Canada. My great-grandfather, who escaped in 1856, stayed a few years in Canada, as Jacob Blockson, who is mentioned in William Still's ...
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Canada Broadband Scorecard-Q2 2007.(Table)(Brief article)
The Online Reporter;
August 11, 2007 ;
156 words
...Canada Broadband Scorecard-Q2 2007 Listed By Greatest Net Broadband Additions Company Broadband Broadband...Lost Change Phone Lines Added/Lost (000) (000) Over (000) (000) Qtr or Yr Bell 1,959 18 1% 4,871 (159) Canada Rogers 1,364 25 2% 870 (96) (Canada Telus 963 14 1% 2,685 (56) (Canada) Bell 642 22 ...
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Countering Punitiveness: Understanding Stability in Canada's Imprisonment...
Law & Society Review;
June 1, 2006 ;
Doob, Anthony N; Webster, Cheryl Marie;
787 words
...Canada's imprisonment rate has not changed appreciably since 1960...contrasts with the increased imprisonment rates experienced by Canada's most obvious comparators-the United States and England...divergence and propose several interrelated explanations for Canada's anomalous pattern. While Canada is ...
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