Carl Borick talked about his book, [Relieve Us of This Burthen: American Prisoners of War in the Revolutionary South, 1780-1782], about the Revolutionary War period when British forces most ...

The woods decay, the woods decay, and fall, The vapours weep their burthen to the ground, Man comes and tills the field and lies beneath, And after many a summer dies the swan. So begins Tennyson ...

If it weren’t for an 1855 compilation of oral history interviews entitled “The Refugee: or The Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada” we may never have known about Sophia Burthen Pooley.

Andrew Hunter's new book is based on an interview Sophia Burthen Pooley gave — the "only known first-person account from somebody who was enslaved in Canada," he says.

I know not how far nor how long — it was dark there all the time.” | Nearly 250 years ago, Sophia Burthen’s life was changed forever, her story preserved through the words written down by a ...

Sophia Burthen Pooley’s story recorded in 1856 interview Researchers have clarified details of enslaved Black woman’s own narrative. Sept. 27, 2021. Sept. 27, 2021. 2 min read.

It Was Dark There All the Time: Sophia Burthen and the Legacy of Slavery in Canada Andrew Hunter. Goose Lane, $24.95 (362p) ISBN 978-1-77310-219-1 ...

Sophia Burthen Pooley panel still under review by City of Hamilton. Heritage staff say it’s consulting Black community about interpretive panel. July 20, 2022 ...

The life of Sophia Burthen Pooley Pooley was born into slavery in Fishkill, N.Y., in 1772, says Hunter, author of It Was Dark There All the Time: Sophia Burthen and the Legacy of Slavery in Canada .