SOC 502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Chinese Head Tax In Canada, Landing Fee, People Smuggling
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Immigration, racism and violence in immigrant families & families of colour. When the french arrived, only the french who were given permission for the crown could settle in new france. 1759 conquest british settlement is seen now. You see the french and british bring over their slaves. The british start to move west in 1759 they have reached lower canada (quebec) and the defeat the french. Small pockets of british settlement in halifax, nova scotia and new brunswick they haven"t reached ontario yet. Slavery was legal when the british took over. Slavery ended when the british deemed it should be illegal by 1834. This was 30 years before the american civil war. It cost you more to keep the slaves somewhat alive, but it was cheaper to set your slaves free let them worry about how to live, rather than it being the brit"s responsibility capitalism.
