Kerr-Ritchie, Jeffrey R. <br/><br/>
Rites of August First  Emancipation Day in the Black Atlantic world /  [electronic resource] : 
J.R. Kerr-Ritchie. 
 - Baton Rouge :  Louisiana State University Press,  c2007. 
 - xix, 272 p. 
 - Antislavery, abolition, and the Atlantic world .
 - Antislavery, abolition, and the Atlantic world. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Transnational Emancipation day -- August First in the British West Indies -- West Indian emancipation and the American antislavery picnic -- August First in Afro-America -- Black loyalists in Canada West -- Fugitive slaves in Canada West -- Rehearsal for war: black militias in the Atlantic world -- Emancipation in Pan-African perspective. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Emancipation Day (British West Indies)<br/>Slaves--Emancipation--West Indies, British.<br/>Slaves--Emancipation--Ontario.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT1031  / .K47 2007eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>326/.8