Go Do Some Great Thing: The Black Pioneers of British Columbia

by Crawford Kilian

Book Overview

Living in pre-Civil War Philadelphia, young Black activist Mifflin Gibbs was feeling disheartened from fighting the overwhelming tide of White America's legalized racism when abolitionist Julia Griffith encouraged him to "go do some great thing." These words helped inspire him to become a successful merchant in San Francisco, and then to seek a more just society in the new colony of Vancouver Island, where he was to become a prominent citizen and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550179489
• ISBN13: 9781550179484
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Harbour Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"