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( "In all, it is estimated that by the (er the British conquered New ,France in 1950, between 1,000 and 1.500 black slaves had come into e colony," said Hill in his book. Only a few were brought directly om Africa. Most came from the ritish colonies to the south and m the Caribbean islands." It took a little more than a centu- for slavery to dwindle out, not so uch by legislation as by the amu- "But he also let hee blacks live ion his land and marry his people," noted Hill. f EIGHT-YEAR-OLD SLAVE ' In his children's book, Trials and "Triumphs: The Story of African- 'Canadians, the Oakville resident reharts the course of slavery in Canada, starting with Olivier Le Jeune who came to Quebec from Madagascar in 1628 to become the 'tight-yer-old slave of David Kirke, the English Privateer who attacked louebec in 1628. nts of influential people speaking ainst it. The country's reputation s a relatively welcoming place ew many black people to it, eluding those fleeing the harsh- ss of pro-slavery legislation after American Civil War. With even iends in anti-slavery states com- lled to report runaway slaves, gitives found Canada their only um. The courage and detenni- tion of both white and black peo- “It's easy to be self-righteous," claimed Lawrence Hill, the Oakville author of a book on African-Canadians. "I've met peo- ple who have decried the horrors of slavery - people who didn't know that it existed here, too." In fact, it existed long before the white man came. According to Hill, native people made slaves out of some of the people in the tribes they conquered. Later, Loyalists fleeing America after the War of Independence, brought their slaves with them. Even Joseph Brant, a Mohawk chief who fought for Britain during that war, owned about 30 slaves. Although Canadians may decry the horrors of slavery in the United States, they may not know it was once alive and doing well in their own country. By BARB JOY Oakville Beaver Saw“ New kids’ book on history of slavery Mr In 27 Different Sizes To Choose ra, < Sale Ends _ i Saturday, April17/93. -‘ '- _ - " /iiciPiiiillllllis, V__ENET|AN BLINDS i fix Me May-Wednesday 22 PASTEL DECORATOR COLORS M 72 36 Sell tfor+, Vanilla. ind PIC-Ind Illnds II VERY " 'l7 'l3 '10 Hunter Douglas " 'iil '48 '50 A3 W5 WI I 410 SPEERS an, OAKVILLE 'lil 30 '15 'l2 60 'Ni '48 '58 58 lil Stl A'rii2'iissiiici:Tiiil EEEEEé 36 '21 '17 3( 72 14 '68 ‘59 'M ‘56 66 63 'hursday 10-6 Friday 10-9 Saturday 10-5 BLIND WIDTH Includes one-way draw tracks. bottom weights. chains and installation hardware BLIND WIDTHS 42 Take advantage of these VERY, VERY, LOW PRICES! FABRIC VERTICAL BLINDS '23 " 19 Iii 77 " 64 68 72 63 Trials and Triumphs is avail at Quest Booksellers in Oakville "It's hard to survive as a writer," noted Hill. "I'll probably do some creative writing teaching since the post-graduate studies I'm complet- ing at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore gives me the academic qualification to teach it at the uni- versity level." Sale Ends Saturday, April 17/93. 48 '25 Last year, the 36-year-old author published Some Great Thing. a novel based on his own experiences as a reporter for the Globe and Mail and the Winnipeg Free Press. The father of two very young daughters is currently working on another novel, together with a series of "lit- tle books" for small children. "I think there's a serious lack of dimension in the schools because there's so little on black history for schoolchildren to draw on as a resource," he said. "If you want to provide kids with a rich sense of history and a sense of breadth of their country, then you should include the story of all races." 22 In writing Trials and Triumphs, Hill drew on the rich legacy of his parents. Both had written non-fic- tion books on blacks in Canada and founded the Ontario Black History Society in which Hill was involved for many years. He looked on his new book as filling a void in Canadian classrooms. 17 "At that time, there was no toler- ation for interracial marriages," he said. "Even in Washington DC. where my father taught, they couldn't eat together in the same restaurant or ride on the same bus together." a price ($40,000 US.) on her head for helping fugitive slaves escape to Canada. When growing up in Toronto, Hill had heard these stories around the kitchen table of his American black father and white mother who had fled from segrega- tional policies rampant in the US. in the 1950s. PARENTS FLED USA Hill cut his teeth on names like Henry "Box" Brown, who had hid- den away in a crate to escape detec- tion, and Harriet Tubman, who had ple involved in the Underground Railroad network that did much to ensure the refugees' safe arrival in Canada is well-documented in Hill's book. '86 ‘82 " " 71 LITTLE BLACK HISTOR1 'M '28 108 19 ‘97 '80 '81 IM " 60 VERY LOW PRICES 120 21 26 31 1011 Lal 97 ID so IU 66 '34 132 28 22 ‘115 LN '95 107 100 IV 72 24 30 36 121 117 1115 112 100 able known and respected in the fashion industry. Tickets for Directions are available as fol $5; 7 p.m. show. SIS (student price 310): am Wright at 845-9430. Ext. 2782 for tickets or This rehearsal show. traditionally attended by students. will take place at l p.m.. There are also two evening shows at 7 and 9 p.m. Many of Sheridan's students and graduates have gone on to great suc- cess. Names such as Linda Lundstrom. Wayne Clark, Shelley Wickabrod. _Debora Kuchme. Abby Kanak. Mary Chang and Izzy Camilleri are well The Fashion Department of Sheridan College will be present its I993 year-end fashion show. Directions.‘ on Thursday. April 22nd. Approximately 200 designs will be featured in what promises to be an exciting display of student works. This year's event will be held in Sheridan Hall. Sheridan College. Oakville. s5siilli,)ra,, 'Directions' at Sheridan 'itSi'iN, QR Author Lawrence Hill with copy of "Wials and Triumphs: The Story of African-Canadians,' a children's book about slavery. The former journalist has also written 'Some Great Thing' about his experiences working at two major Canadian newspapers. (Photo by Rmero Venom) o , f \\\e .r"sTiTLTi 1988 BUICK CENTURY ESTATE WAGON s15,848 5151,21; H $18,995 $13,948 KERR CADILLAC 3 Sum ‘Semce Ra 845-1681 58,821 1992 GMC SAFARI SLX 1900 OLDS CUSTOM CRUISER IMtt GMC SAFARI SLE V““JAUUIO Fl:lsl, ”was 4 , g: j."' r 5.112“? .. . 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