HARVEY AMANI WHITFIELD is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Vermont.
"Originally researched, fully contextualized, persuasively argued, and leanly and lucidly written, this ostensibly regional study is in fact a work of transborder and continental, if not hemispheric, history. Some 35 years ago another American historian, the late Robin Winks, put African-Canadian history on the scholarly map. It now falls to Harvey Amani Whitfield to take up the torch and write a braver and newer history which takes seriously the African-Canadian experience and fully integrate it into the wider history - not only of the Diaspora and the Black Atlantic, but also of Blacks in the British Empire." - Barry Cahill, Independent Scholar, Halifax, Nova Scotia "Blacks on the Border makes an admirable contribution to the history of African Canadians and to Diaspora Studies. Dr. Whitfield's engaging narrative provides an intimate portrait of the Nova Scotia Refugee experience, and links it convincingly to Black America and the Black Atlantic beyond. It is an essential and enjoyable read." - James W. St. G. Walker, author of The Black Loyalists "Written in lucid, engaging prose, this foundational work will be crucial to everyone studying the Black Atlantic, particularly those interested in the history of African peoples in New England and maritime Canada." - Kari Winter, Associate Professor of American Studies, SUNY-Buffalo, editor of The Blind African Slave: Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nicknamed Jeffrey Brace and author of Subjects of Slavery, Agents of Change: Women in Gothic Novels and Slave Narratives, 1790-1865"
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