- In what ways were the Black immigrants accepted or not accepted in Canada?
| Accepted | Not Accepted |
| Canada was a free country and owning a slave was illegal.
A lot of people felt bad and wanted to help out. |
In Canada not everyone agreed and there was still some discrimination.
There was a separate school Mostly the Black immigrants stayed together and had their own community.
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Find a quote/image that confirms any of the above
| Source:
(author, title, year written/published, URL) |
https://archive.org/stream/twelveyearsasla01nortgoog#page/n278/mode/2up/search/canada
Title: Twelve years of slave By: by Northup, Solomon, b Year published : 1968 |
| Quote/Image: | He was liberal to a fault; and his many acts of kindness and transparent goodness of heart rendered him popular in the community, the sentiment of which he unceasingly combated. He was a native to Canada. |
| Interpretation: | A Native to Canada is trying to help a slave. The Native to Canada and the slave are becoming friends through acts of kindness. |
| How might this affect a character or a plot? | Along the path to Canada the slave character will run into a Canadian person and together they help each other out and become good friends. They work together and will eventually become inseparable. |