The Negro Migration to Canada after the Passing of the Fugitive Slave Act

@article{Landon1920TheNM,  title={The Negro Migration to Canada after the Passing of the Fugitive Slave Act},  author={Fred Landon},  journal={The Journal of Negro History},  year={1920},  volume={5},  pages={22 - 36},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:149662141}}

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