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  • Interview with Cheryl Thompson, author of Canada and the Blackface Atlantic: Performing Slavery, Conflict, and Freedom, 1812-1897 (Wilfred Laurier University Press) banner. Background image of crinkled paper, with wide horizontal band in red across centre and text overlaid. Author photo to right of banner, woman wearing glasses and a denim jacket over a light shirt, sitting with hands resting atop desk and smiling outwardly. Open Book logo with red orb to bottom centre of banner.
    Interview with Cheryl Thompson, author of Canada and the Blackface Atlantic: Performing Slavery, Conflict, and Freedom, 1812-1897 (Wilfred Laurier University Press) banner. Background image of crinkled paper, with wide horizontal band in red across centre and text overlaid. Author photo to right of banner, woman wearing glasses and a denim jacket over a light shirt, sitting with hands resting atop desk and smiling outwardly. Open Book logo with red orb to bottom centre of banner.
    May 16, 2025

    Scholar Cheryl Thompson Unpacks a Crucial Part of our National History in Canada and the Blackface Atlantic

    While most Canadians tend to think that the legacy of racism and slavery that forms so much of United States history is separate from ours, there is a far deeper connection that is often ignored. From ...

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