{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"30 - Exiles &amp; Dissidents: Early African-Canadian Literature","description":"In which, in honour of Black History Month, we discuss the early development of African-Canadian literature by covering newspapers, religious narratives, literary networks, and slave narratives from 1785 to 1855. Topics include the Underground Railroad, Loyalists, and myth-making in Canada.&amp;nbsp;It's a big, but great conversation! --- Further Reading &amp;amp; Sources:  Bynum, Tara. &quot;A Silent Book, Some Kisses, and John Marrant\u2019s Narrative,&quot; Criticism, vol. 57, no. 1, 2015, pp. 71\u201390. https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/10.13110\/criticism.57.1.0071 Clarke, George Elliott. Odysseys Home: Mapping African-Canadian Literature, University of Toronto Press, 2002. Clarke, George Elliott. &quot;This is no hearsay: Reading the Canadian Slave Narratives&quot;, Papers of The Bibliographical Society of Canada, Vol. 43, no. 1, Jan. 2005. Drew, Benjamin. The Refugee: Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada, 1856.  https:\/\/books.google.ca\/books?id=MAFZVEh3wGEC&amp;amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&amp;amp;q&amp;amp;f=false Ferr\u00e9-Rode, Sandrine. &quot;A Black Voice from the \u201cother North:\u201d Thomas Smallwood's Canadian Narrative (1851)&quot;, Revue fran\u00e7aise d\u2019\u00e9tudes am\u00e9ricaines, vol. 137, no. 3, 2013, pp. 23-37.  https:\/\/www.cairn.info\/revue-francaise-d-etudes-americaines-2013-3-page-23.htm?contenu=article Marrant, John. A Narrative of the Lord's Wonderful Dealings with John Marrant, A Black, 1785.  https:\/\/blackloyalist.com\/cdc\/documents\/diaries\/marrant_narrative.htm Mensah, Joseph. Black Canadians: History, Experiences, Social Conditions, Fernwood Publishing, 2002. Smallwood, Thomas. A Narrative\u2026, 1851 (pp. 13-63) https:\/\/docsouth.unc.edu\/neh\/smallwood\/smallwood.html Siemerling, Winfried. The Black Atlantic Reconsidered: Black Canadian Writing, Cultural History, and the Presence of the Past, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015. Winks, Robin. The Blacks in Canada: A History, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997.&amp;nbsp;  --- Reach the show with any questions, comments and concerns at historiacanadiana@gmail.com, Twitter (@CanLitHistory) &amp;amp; Facebook (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CanLitHistory). --- Sign up to the premiere of 'Creative Spaces: Queer and Italian-Canadian': tinyurl.com\/queeritaliancanadian --- Support: Patreon (https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/historiacanadiana) &amp;amp; Paypal (https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/historiacanadiana). Check out the recommended reading page (https:\/\/historiacanadiana.wordpress.com\/books\/) and our apparel (http:\/\/tee.pub\/lic\/Ges5M2WpsBw)! ","author_name":"A Cultural History of Canada","author_url":"https:\/\/historiacanadiana.wordpress.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/23720687\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/131767838"}