Archive Record
Metadata
Accession # |
A2004.52 |
Title |
The Queen's Bush Settlement, Black Pioneers 1839-1865, 2004. |
Date |
2004 |
Description |
The Queen's Bush Settlement, Black Pioneers 1839-1865, by Linda Brown-Kubisch, 2004; softcover, 340 pages, indexed. Illustrated history book exploring the lives of black settlers to the Queen's Bush, Peel Township, in the mid 19th century. Description on back cover reads, "The Black pioneers (1839-1865) who cleared the land and established the Queen's Bush Settlement in that section of unsurveyed land where presentday Waterloo and Wellington Counties meet, near Hawkesville, are the focus of this extensively researched book". Settlers tended to be escaped American slaves who found freedom in Canada. Includes biographical sketches of settlers (list of Black pioneer settlers known to have lived in the Queen's Bush between 1839 and 1865), endnotes, and index. |
Creator \ Maker |
Brown-Kubisch, Linda [Author] |
Creator \ Maker |
Gibson, Jane [Editor] Naworynski, Sari [designer] Natural Heritage Books [Publisher] Hignell Book Printing [Printer] |
Item Name |
Book |
Person \ Organization |
Ambush Amoss Anderson Armstrong Atkinson Bailey Banks Benson Bond Borin Boston Bowie Brown Butler Campbell Cary Cavey Clery Conaway Cooper Crague Creig Crawford Cromwell Cullun Davis Dickson Diges Disney Douglas Duncan Dunn Eady Edy Francis Freeman Galaway Gelrest Gent Gibbs Giffen Gillis Glast Goins Gordon Grandison Green Hale Hall Hanes Harding Harper Harris, (Mrs.) Harrison Hart Holland Howard Hughes Hunt Irvine Jackson James Johnson Johnston Jones Keith Kenny Kerr Kerry Knox Lawson Lepscombe Lero Levi Lewis Libertus Lightfoot Little Lloyd Loban Mallot Matton Marel Miller Mingo Molton Moodie Moreton Munro Norris Osborn O'Neal Palmer Pary Penelton Pope Posey Powell Richardson Robeson Robson Rose Ross Selby Sims Smith Stewart Still Susand Tailer Tebla Thomas Thornton Tibbs Tillman Tobbert Traverse Washington White Williams Wilson Winn Youbanks Yelley |
Place |
Glen Allan Peel Twp. Queen's Bush |
Subject |
Black History |
Year Range from |
2004 |
Year Range to |
2004 |
Collection |
Local History Book Collection |
Accession # |
A2004.52 |
Containers |
STACKS |