HIST 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cape Breton Island, John Graves Simcoe, John Molson
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Abolition: refers to the abolition of the institution of slavery. In britain a single piece of legislation resulted in the abolition of slavery in 1834. Abolition in upper canada was initiated by john graves simcoe in 1793. aboriginal title: aboriginal ownership of land and/or territory and/or other material resources. absentee landlords: also called proprietors, the main landowners on prince. Edward island whose land was allocated to them in a lottery held in london in 1767. Few of them visited the island and few attended to the responsibilities they were given as landlords. Most, however, attempted to charge significant rents to their tenant farmers in the colony. Act of proclamation (1763): also called the proclamation act, the legislation that created the province of quebec and recognized aboriginal title in the west. The act angered american settlers because it hampered westward movement into the ohio. African-american slaves: chattel slaves, principally from africa, who worked primarily on plantations.
