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Slaney, Catherine, 1951-
Subjects
Abbott, Anderson Ruffin, 1832-1913.
Abbott family.
Slaney, Catherine, 1951- -- Family.
Blacks -- Canada -- History.
Blacks -- Race identity -- Canada.
Blacks -- Canada -- Biography.
Racially mixed people -- Canada -- Biography.
Physicians, Black -- Canada -- Biography.
Physicians, Black -- Biography
Black Canadians -- Biography.
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Slaney, Catherine, 1951-
Abbott, Anderson Ruffin, 1832-1913.
Abbott family.
Slaney, Catherine, 1951- -- Family.
Blacks -- Canada -- History.
Blacks -- Race identity -- Canada.
Blacks -- Canada -- Biography.
Racially mixed people -- Canada -- Biography.
Physicians, Black -- Canada -- Biography.
Physicians, Black -- Biography
Black Canadians -- Biography.
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Family
secrets : crossing the colour line /
Catherine
Slaney
; foreword by Daniel G. Hill III.
by
Slaney
,
Catherine
,
1951-
Natural Heritage Books, c2003.
Call #:
971.00496 S631f
Subjects
Abbott, Anderson Ruffin, 1832-1913.
Abbott
family
.
Slaney
,
Catherine
,
1951-
--
Family
.
Blacks
--
Canada
--
History.
Blacks
--
Race identity
--
Canada.
Blacks
--
Canada
--
Biography.
Racially mixed people
--
Canada
--
Biography.
Physicians, Black
--
Canada
--
Biography.
Physicians, Black
--
Biography
Black Canadians
--
Biography.
ISBN:
1896219829
Description:
xiv, 249 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-235) and index.
Summary:
"The author grew into womanhood unaware of her celebrated Black ancestors. An unanticipated meeting was to change her life when she found out that her great-great grandfather was Dr. Anderson R. Abbott, the first Canadian-born Black to graduate from medical school in Toronto (in 1861). In
Family
Secrets
Catherine
Slaney
narrates her journey along the trail of her
family
tree. Why did some of her
family
identify with the Black community while others did not? What role did "passing" play? An important contribution to African-Canadian history, this moving and uplifting story demonstrates that understanding one's identity requires first the embracing of the past"--Publisher.
Genre:
Biographies.
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Central Library
Adult Black Nonfiction
971.00496 S631f
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