There were so few blacks in pre-Canada before 1800 that we have little evidence on how they lived. In the 1700s we know that courts refused to enforce slavery, that an anti-slavery law was passed to protect US refugees, and that abolition was popular. Activists claim that all blacks in Canada before 1830 were slaves. That is clearly untrue. But the main point is that almost all blacks arrived much later. Some came fleeing slavery in the USA.
A black in Canada is a thousand time more likely to have slave traders in his family tree than a black who was enslaved in pre-Canada. If reparations are in order, then they should be paying. The real argument of CBC is that slavers in the USA were white, and most Canadians are white, so Canada should be held responsible for slavery. That is pure racism.
There were so few blacks in pre-Canada before 1800 that we have little evidence on how they lived. In the 1700s we know that courts refused to enforce slavery, that an anti-slavery law was passed to protect US refugees, and that abolition was popular. Activists claim that all blacks in Canada before 1830 were slaves. That is clearly untrue. But the main point is that almost all blacks arrived much later. Some came fleeing slavery in the USA.
A black in Canada is a thousand time more likely to have slave traders in his family tree than a black who was enslaved in pre-Canada. If reparations are in order, then they should be paying. The real argument of CBC is that slavers in the USA were white, and most Canadians are white, so Canada should be held responsible for slavery. That is pure racism.