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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:43:28 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Black History</title><subtitle>Black History</subtitle><id>http://www.emancipation.ca/black-history/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.emancipation.ca/black-history/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.emancipation.ca/black-history/atom.xml"/><updated>2009-01-21T19:52:07Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>The American Emancipation Proclamation</title><category term="American Civil War"/><category term="American Civil War"/><category term="Emancipation"/><category term="Emancipation"/><category term="Lincoln"/><category term="Slavery"/><category term="Slavery"/><category term="Underground Railway"/><id>http://www.emancipation.ca/black-history/the-american-emancipation-proclamation.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.emancipation.ca/black-history/the-american-emancipation-proclamation.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2009-01-21T19:48:52Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T19:48:52Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Emancipation History</title><category term="Black History"/><category term="Emancipation"/><category term="Slavery"/><category term="Underground Railway"/><id>http://www.emancipation.ca/black-history/emancipation-history.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.emancipation.ca/black-history/emancipation-history.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2009-01-21T19:30:45Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T19:30:45Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[A timeline from 6000 B.C. to the present.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Early Black Canadian History</title><category term="American Revolution"/><category term="American Revolution"/><category term="Black Canadians"/><category term="Black Canadians"/><category term="Black History"/><category term="Black History"/><category term="Emancipation"/><category term="Harriet Tubman"/><category term="Harriet Tubman"/><category term="Racism"/><category term="Underground Railroad"/><category term="Underground Railway"/><category term="War of 1812"/><category term="War of 1812"/><id>http://www.emancipation.ca/black-history/early-black-canadian-history.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.emancipation.ca/black-history/early-black-canadian-history.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2009-01-21T19:07:53Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T19:07:53Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[Black Canadian history is very closely connected to African American history. In fact, until very recently, most Blacks came to Canada from the U.S. This article will show how two key U.S. historical events &mdash; The American Revolution and the War of 1812 &mdash; as well as the Underground Railway movement &mdash; form the roots of Black history in Canada.]]></summary></entry></feed>