ENG252Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Stan Douglas, Triangular Trade, Susanna Moodie
ENG252 – Leture 9
Marie-Joseph Angelique
• As a slave in Portugal
• As a slave in France
House of slaves
• Museum
• Goree Island Dakar, Senegal
• Atlantic slave Trade
• 1441-1865
• 12 million slaves
Middle Passage
• One leg of the triangular trade of slaves
o From Europe to Africa with manufactured goods and alcohol
o From Africa to America with slaves – The Middle Passage
o from America to Europe with bills of exchange and trade commodities
Slavery in Canada
• Slavery did exist in Canada, but not in the traditional sense
o We did’t hae platatios
o This is h ost Caadias do’t thik e had slaer
Nigger Rock, Quebec
o Graves of black people near an old slave church
o Developers wanted to bulldoze over it for contemporary construction
o There was only one black person living in the community nearby who
tried to save it and failed
Africville Monument
• Area populated by mostly just black people
• Black loyalist - inhabitant of British America of African descent who joined
British colonial forces during the American Revolutionary War. Many were
slaves held by Patriot rebels, and decided to join the British in exchange for
The Crown's promises of freedom.
• Neglected by the city and the residents were evicted and their homes
destroyed
• In 2010, a monument was built called Africville in apology
Hogan’s Alley
• Alley in Vancouver populated by Black people destroyed
• Circa 1948 – app compatible with iOS
o Created by Stan Douglas
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Howard Sheffield - Priceville, ON
• White community wanted to destroy the cemetery in a black community
• Howard Sheffield tried to save it
• Many of the gravestones have been used to pave the city
Revisiting Canadian Studies
• Rude, ed. Rinaldo Walcott
• He has been reimagining the history of Canada from a black perspective
• Blakess orks to elaorate Caadiaess ad it siultaeousl usettles
Caadias
Lorris Elliot
• The Trial of Marie-Joseph Angélique: Negress and Slave
• Angelique meets Shadd
o Complains that she presents too optimistic a view of Canada
Afua Cooper
• The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery (2006)
o
• Angelique only entered the story recently
Back to Angélique
• She was enslaved by a nice family and was also used by a close family friend
• The man she was enslaved by died and his widow was a bitch basically
• She fell in love with a white man who worked for the family
• They eloped but were caught and she was punished
• In rebellion she set their house on fire, which spread to a large portion of
Montreal
• She was caught, imprisoned and severely tortured
• She was sentenced to death by hanging
• Her executioner was also a black slave
• Her body was left hanging in public for days
• She has become emblematic of the way Canadian slavery has been
suppressed and ignored
Mary Ann Shadd
• In between figure
o between Canada and the US
o between race and gender
o between Canadian studies and black studies in Canada
• Black Susanna Moodie?
The Black Moodie
• Counter-narrative to master narratives
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Document Summary
Marie-joseph angelique: as a slave in portugal, as a slave in france. House of slaves: museum, goree island dakar, senegal, atlantic slave trade, 1441-1865, 12 million slaves. Slavery in canada: slavery did exist in canada, but not in the traditional sense, we did(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e pla(cid:374)tatio(cid:374)s, this is (cid:449)h(cid:455) (cid:373)ost ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374)s do(cid:374)"t thi(cid:374)k (cid:449)e had sla(cid:448)er(cid:455) Africville monument: area populated by mostly just black people, black loyalist - inhabitant of british america of african descent who joined. British colonial forces during the american revolutionary war. Many were slaves held by patriot rebels, and decided to join the british in exchange for. The crown"s promises of freedom: neglected by the city and the residents were evicted and their homes destroyed. In 2010, a monument was built called africville in apology. Hogan"s alley: alley in vancouver populated by black people destroyed, circa 1948 app compatible with ios, created by stan douglas.
