| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 249 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; 1. On a Quest; 2. In the Beginning; 3. The Canadian Alternative; 4. Early Black Churches in Toronto; 5. The Elgin Settlement; 6. Back in Toronto; 7. Off to War; 8. Dr. Abbott and the Civil War; 9. The Grand Army of the Republic; 10. Early Medical Practice in the Nineteenth Century; 11. Settling Down; 12. The Country Life; 13. Education -- Separate But Equal?; 14. The Political Arena; 15. The Dundas Years; 16. The Chicago Years; 17. Dr. Abbott's Philosophy: An African-Canadian Perspective; 18. The Separation Begins; 19. Fade to Black |
| Summary |
A chance encounter led Catherine Slaney to investigate her family genealogy and revealed her great-grandfather, Dr. A.R. Abbott, Canada's first African-Canadian doctor |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-235) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Abbott, Anderson Ruffin, 1832-1913.
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Abbott family.
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Slaney, Catherine, 1951- -- Family
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Abbott, Anderson Ruffin, 1832-1913 |
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Slaney, Catherine, 1951- |
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Anderson Abbott family |
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Abbott, Anderson Ruffin, 1832-1913 fast |
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Abbott family fast |
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Slaney, Catherine, 1951- fast |
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Black people -- Canada -- History
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Black people -- Race identity -- Canada
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Black people -- Canada -- Biography
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Racially mixed people -- Canada -- Biography
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Physicians -- Canada -- Biography
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Physicians.
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Black people -- Ontario -- Biography
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Black people -- Ontario -- History
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Physicians
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Black People -- history
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History, 19th Century
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History, 20th Century
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physicians.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Black people
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Black people -- Race identity
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Families
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Physicians
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Racially mixed people
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Canada |
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Ontario
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Canada
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781554881611 |
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1554881617 |
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9781459714786 |
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1459714784 |
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