Length2h 8m
About this audiobook
The story of Canada’s Black heritage is filled with important events and amazing people who helped shape the country’s history and culture — people like Rose Fortune, North America’s first policewoman; Harriet Tubman, the Underground Railway’s legendary “conductor”; newspaper editor Mary Ann Shadd; Elijah McCoy, the brilliant inventor who was “the real McCoy”; Alberta cowboy John Ware; and Fergie Jenkins, the first Canadian elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
LEARN HISTORY AND HAVE FUN!
• Make a drum
• Build a settler’s cabin
• Create a medal
• Write a rap song
Audiobook details
GenreChildren's Literature
Length2 hrs 8 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dedication
2Introduction
31. Slaves: Mattieu da Costa, Olivier Le Jeune, and Others
42. Loyalists: Rose Fortune, Thomas Peters, and Others
53. Conductors and Passengers: Harriet Tubman, Josiah Henson, and Others
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64. Early Settlers: Mary Ann Shadd, Mifflin Gibbs, John Ware, and Others
75. Soldiers: Richard Pierpoint, U.E., William Hall, V.C., and Others
86. Trailblazers: Anderson Abbott, Herb Carnegie, Elijah McCoy, and Others
97. New Canadians: Michaëlle Jean, Grant Fuhr, and Others
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