Develop and defend a position regarding gradual versus immediate emancipation
Analyze and learn more about the 1793 Act to Limit Slavery, the law that gradually ended slavery in Upper Canada (now Ontario)
Background Information
After the British were defeated in the American Revolution, the number of enslaved Africans in British North America increased significantly. To encourage white American settlers to immigrate north, the government passed the Imperial Statute of 1790, which allowed United Empire Loyalists to bring in “
negros [sic], household furniture, utensils of husbandry, or cloathing [sic]” duty-free. By law, such property could not be sold for one year after entering the colonies.
Student will:
Comment on the political and social context of African Canadians between 1900 and the Second World War
Examine the role and experiences of Black sleeping car porters
Become familiar with working conditions of sleeping car porters before they became unionized
Investigate primary source documents, images, and artifacts to build historical knowledge
Make inferences about the artifacts relating to Black sleeping car porters
Explain how Canada’s identity has been and continues to be shaped by its global participation
Discuss the struggle for equal human rights by Black Canadians in the twentieth century to the present day
Background Information
The Pullman Palace Car Company established the Pullman porter position in 1867. George Pullman, the company owner, designed the Pullman sleeping car to provide luxury overnight travel service in the United States. Pullman hired Black men to work as porters because they were a source of cheap and abundant lab
This lesson examines the life and art of Max Stern, touching upon the themes of the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany and the resettlement of Jewish immigrants in Canada following the Second World War.