A Plea for Emigration; or Notes of Canada West: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition - Softcover

Shadd, Mary Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554813212 ISBN 13: 9781554813216

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2016

Synopsis

Mary Ann Shadd’s pamphlet A Plea for Emigration; or Notes of Canada West is, as the title promises, a settler guide designed to inform prospective immigrants of conditions in their proposed new home. But whereas most such works were addressed to potential white emigrants to North America from Britain or continental Europe, Shadd’s aimed to entice black Americans to emigrate to Canada.

The introduction and background materials included in the volume situate Shadd’s pamphlet in its political and cultural context, and in the context of Shadd’s own remarkable life as an abolitionist, women’s rights activist, writer, and educator.

About this title

About the Author

Phanuel Antwi is Assistant Professor of English at the University of British Columbia.

From the Back Cover

Mary Ann Shadd’s pamphlet A Plea for Emigration; or Notes of Canada West is, as the title promises, a settler guide designed to inform prospective immigrants of conditions in their proposed new home. But whereas most such works were addressed to potential white emigrants to North America from Britain or continental Europe, Shadd’s aimed to entice black Americans to emigrate to Canada.

The introduction and background materials included in the volume situate Shadd’s pamphlet in its political and cultural context, and in the context of Shadd’s own remarkable life as an abolitionist, women’s rights activist, writer, and educator.

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554813212
• ISBN 13: 9781554813216
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• Editor: Black Joseph, Conolly Leonard, Flint Kate, Grundy Isobel, LePan Don, Liuzza Roy, McGann Jerome J., Lake Prescott Anne, Qualls Barry V., Waters Claire