Posted on 03/12/05
From slavery to Salt Spring
The Freedom of JennyBy Julie BurtinshawRaincoast, 175 pages, $12.95Published on the eve of the 140th anniversary of the passing of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which ended slavery in North America, Julie Burtinshaw's new historical novel The Freedom of Jenny brings to light a little-known aspect of Canadian history: the immigration of African Americans to Salt Spring Island in the years immediately preceding the American Civil War.
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