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LEADER: 02401cam 22005291 4500
001 ocm00480291
003 OCoLC
005 20200522093502.0
008 901004s1969 mauab 000 0 eng
007 ta
010 $a 69014606
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016 $a(AMICUS)000004607466
019 $a1086686717
035 $a(OCoLC)480291$z(OCoLC)1086686717
043 $an-cn-on
050 00 $aF1058.K56$bU4
055 8 $aFC3071.1.K55$bU4 1969
082 00 $a971.3/54$aB
100 1 $aUllman, Victor.
245 10 $aLook to the North Star;$ba life of William King.
260 $aBoston,$bBeacon Press$c[1969]
300 $axii, 337 pages$billustrations, map$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
530 $aAlso issued online.
504 $aIncludes index.
520 $a"More than a century ago, one man with deep convictions and a country with benign ideals combined to create a place where black self-emancipation, black freedom, could flourish. The man was William King, a slaveowner and Presbyterian minister educated to the stern moralities of Edinburgh. The country was Canada and Look to the North Star is a vivid account of Buxton, the community in western Ontario which the Reverend Mr. King and his slaves founded in 1849 as a haven for black fugitives, both slave and free, in the harsh years before the Civil War."--Jacket.
600 10 $aKing, William,$d1812-1895.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zOntario$zNorth Buxton.
650 5 $aBlack Canadians$zOntario$zKent (County)$xHistory.
600 16 $aKing, William,$d1812-1895.
650 6 $aNoirs américains$zOntario$zBuxton.
650 7 $aAfrican Americans.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00799558
651 7 $aOntario$zNorth Buxton.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01232556
650 7 $aHistoria.$2sao
650 7 $aSlaveri.$2sao
651 7 $aKanada.$2sao
648 7 $a1800-talet$2sao
776 08 $iOnline version:$aUllman, Victor.$tLook to the North Star.$dBoston, Beacon Press [1969]$w(OCoLC)592389321
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$n69014606$c7.50
029 1 $aAU@$b000005797811
029 1 $aHEBIS$b209258489
029 1 $aNLC$b000004607466
994 $aZ0$bP4A
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN P4A - 516 OTHER HOLDINGS