Hamilton, James Cleland, 1836-1907

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Hamilton, James Cleland, 1836-1907

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        1836-1907

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        James Cleland Hamilton was born on May 21, 1836, in Belfast, Ireland.

        He was a barrister (M.A., LL.B.) and author of numerous articles and books on slavery in Canada and geographical accounts of various regions of Canada, e.g., "The Prairie Province; Sketches of Travel from Lake Ontario to Lake Winnipeg, and an Account of the Geographical Position, Climate, Civil Institutions, Inhabitants, Productions and Resources of the Red Valley" (1876), "The African in Canada; The Maroons of Jamaica and Nova Scotia" (189-?), "The Panis: an Historical Outline of Canadian Indian Slavery in the Eighteenth Century" (1897?), and "Slavery in Canada" (1890?).

        He married Frances Elizabeth Wheelock (1845-1918). He died on February 2, 1907, in Toronto, Ontario.

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