Today Ash and her special guest Kelli dive into part of Canada's hidden history with a look at the slave trade, one slave in particular, and how the first incarnation of Montreal burned to the ground. Fair dues, there is talk about slavery and executions.

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Resources:

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marie-joseph-angelique

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVg3pGakXco

https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/memoiresdesmontrealais/marie-josephe-angelique

https://www.cbc.ca/arts/5-things-you-should-know-about-marie-joseph-angelique-a-black-canadian-slave-who-inspired-this-play-1.5094535

https://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/angelique/accueil/indexen.html

https://aaregistry.org/story/marie-joseph-angelique-abolitionist-born/

https://afuacooper.com/works/publications/the-hanging-of-angelique/

https://www.historymuseum.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/population/slavery/#:~:text=The%20historian%20Marcel%20Trudel%20catalogued,the%20course%20of%20this%20period.

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