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Runaway slave advertisement

May 21, 2025

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A newspaper advertisement placed by Michael Wallace about an escaped slave. ...

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Boy for sale

May 20, 2025

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This advertisement from 1775 for the sale of a slave is an example of a common occurrence in Halifax newspapers in the 18th century. ...

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Letter, Peter Russell to Capt. Elliott, Sandwich

May 16, 2025

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A letter concerning the sale of Peggy, an enslaved woman. ...

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A collection of the acts passed in the Parliament of Great Britain and of other public acts relative to Canada.

May 16, 2025

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Article 47 on page 22 of the collection discusses the rights of slave owners. ...

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An Act to Prevent the further Introduction of Slaves and to limit the Term of Contracts for Servitude Statutes of Upper Canada Cap. 7, 33 George III, 1793

May 15, 2025

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Diagram of the township of Dunham. I hereby certify that the above is a true copy from the original diagram, Surveyor General’s Office, Quebec, 5th March 1796. Samual Holland, Surv. Genl.

May 9, 2025

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Map of Dunham, the first township established in Quebec ...

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Carte des nouvelles découvertes au nord de la mer du Sud tant à l’est de la Siberie et du Kamtchatka qu’à l’ouest de la Nouvelle France (Map of new discoveries north of the South Sea, both east of Siberia and kamchatka and west of New France)

May 9, 2025

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Drawn by Phillippe Buache of the Academy of Science based on the memories of Mr. Del'isle, a Royal Professor and also of the Academy of Sciences. ...

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Montréal during the siege of 1760

May 9, 2025

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This map, probably drawn by John Montresor, shows the deployment of Generals Amherst and Murray's forces during the siege of Montreal. ...

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René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle

April 30, 2024

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Portrait of R.R. Cavelier de La Salle, a prominent individual from New France in 1745. ...

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Gilles Hocquart

April 30, 2024

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Portrait of Gilles Hocquart, prominent individual from New France in 1765, ...

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