Harriet’s Legacies: Race, Historical Memory, and Futures in Canada (Carleton Library Series, 259) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0228010659 ISBN 13: 9780228010654

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022

Synopsis

Historic freedom fighter and conductor of the Underground Railroad Harriet Tubman risked her life to ferry enslaved people from America to freedom in Canada. Her legacy instigates and orients this exploration of the history of Black lives and the future of collective struggle in Canada. Harriet’s Legacies recuperates the significance of Tubman’s time in Canada as more than just an interlude in her American narrative: it is a new point from which to think about Black diasporic mobilities, possibilities, and histories. Through essays and creative works this collection articulates new territory for Tubman in relation to the Black Atlantic archive, connecting her legacies of survival, freedom, and cultural expression within a transnational framework. Contributors take up the question of legacy in ways that remap discourses of genealogy and belonging, positioning Tubman as an important part of today’s freedom struggles. Integrating scholarship with creative and curatorial practices, the volume expands conversations about culture and expression in African Canadian life across art, literature, performance, politics, and public pedagogy. Considering questions of culture, community, and futures, Harriet’s Legacies explores what happened in the wake of Tubman’s legacy and situates Canada as a key part of that dialogue.

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About the Authors

Ronald Cummings is an associate professor of Black Studies at McMaster University.

Natalee Caple is an associate professor of Canadian Literature and Creative Writing at Brock University.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0228010659
• ISBN 13: 9780228010654
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 440
• Editor: Cummings Ronald, Caple Natalee