Black History Month (February)

The Act was a significant piece of legislation that officially ended slavery across all British colonies. This article places it in its historical context.

Although Canada prides itself on being a refuge for runaway slaves from the United States, there was a time in Canada when slavery was legal and accepted.

This exhibit from the Ontario Archives documents the lives of several people who were slaves in Canada. Note: you have to scroll to the bottom of the page to find the navigation links that let you explore the rest of the exhibit.

An online exhibition about the presence of people of African descent in Quebec and their resistance to slavery.

This Heritage Minute follows Chloe Cooley, an enslaved Black woman in Upper Canada in 1793. Her acts of resistance in the face of violence led to Canada’s first legislation limiting slavery.

This lesson examines the viewpoints on the abolition of slavery in Upper Canada — immediate abolition, gradual abolition, or no abolition.

Slavery was part of Canada’s colonial nation-building for over 200 years

A page from the Canadian Museum of Human Rights that discusses slavery and the fact that, just like the US, white people had slaves in Canada and did not treat them like human beings.

This episode covers why Britain abolished slavery. What were the reasons and ultimately, how should Britain's role be remembered?