{"product_id":"it-was-dark-there-all-the-time-sophia-burthen-and-the-legacy-of-slavery-in-canada-9781773102191","title":"It Was Dark There All the Time: Sophia Burthen and the Legacy of Slavery in Canada","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eSophia Burthens account of her arrival as an enslaved person into what is now Canada was recorded by Benjamin Drew in 1855. In It Was Dark There All the Time, writer and curator Andrew Hunter builds on the testimony of Drews interview to piece together Burthens life, while reckoning with the legacy of whiteness and colonialism in the recording of her story. Hunter demonstrates the role that the slave trade played in pre-Confederation Canada and its continuing impact on contemporary Canadian society. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 328 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 25 January 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Goose Lane Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“My parents were slaves in New York State. My master’s sons-in-law … came into the garden where my sister and I were playing among the currant bushes, tied their handkerchiefs over our mouths, carried us to a vessel, put us in the hold, and sailed up the river. I know not how far nor how long — it was dark there all the time.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophia Burthen’s account of her arrival as an enslaved person into what is now Canada sometime in the late 18th century, was recorded by Benjamin Drew in 1855. In \u003ci\u003eIt Was Dark There All the Time\u003c\/i\u003e, writer and curator Andrew Hunter builds on the testimony of Drew’s interview to piece together Burthen’s life, while reckoning with the legacy of whiteness and colonialism in the recording of her story. In so doing, Hunter demonstrates the role that the slave trade played in pre-Confederation Canada and its continuing impact on contemporary Canadian society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvocatively written with sharp, incisive observations and illustrated with archival images and contemporary works of art, \u003ci\u003eIt Was Dark There All the Time\u003c\/i\u003e offers a necessary correction to the prevailing perception of Canada as a place unsullied by slavery and its legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 540g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 165 x 228 x 25 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781773102191\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrew Hunter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44097209303290,"sku":"9781773102191","price":15.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1646325048814_book.jpg?v=1646978745","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/it-was-dark-there-all-the-time-sophia-burthen-and-the-legacy-of-slavery-in-canada-9781773102191","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}