武器化历史：加拿大地下铁路的神话遗产

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American Review of Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/02722011.2023.2172886

Deirdre McCorkindale

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地下铁路在加拿大叙事中一直是一个很受欢迎的特征。然而，关于这一主题的公开讨论通常只是呈现一个疲惫的被奴役者在加拿大找到通往自由和幸福之路的故事。他们建立的社区以及这些被奴役的人在他们的奴隶地位之外是谁很少被讨论。这种简单的历史讲述让加拿大人将自己的国家标榜为人权的历史捍卫者，并利用地下铁路社区来证明加拿大的平等记录，这歪曲了历史记录。本文讨论了加拿大人对地下铁路叙事的迷恋的本质以及加拿大对这种浪漫化神话的历史用途。

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Weaponized History: The Underground Railroad’s Mythologized Legacy in Canada

ABSTRACT The Underground Railroad remains a popular feature in Canadian narratives. However, public discourse on the subject does not often reach much further than presenting a story of weary enslaved persons finding their way to freedom and happiness in Canada. The communities that they built and who these enslaved persons were outside of their enslaved status is rarely discussed. This uncomplicated telling of history allows Canadians to hold their country up as a historical champion of human rights and use Underground Railroad communities to prove a track record of equality in Canada that misrepresents the historical record. This article discusses the nature of Canadians’ fixation on the Underground Railroad narrative and Canada’s historical uses for this romanticized mythology.

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期刊介绍： American Nineteenth Century History is a peer-reviewed, transatlantic journal devoted to the history of the United States during the long nineteenth century. It welcomes contributions on themes and topics relating to America in this period: slavery, race and ethnicity, the Civil War and Reconstruction, military history, American nationalism, urban history, immigration and ethnicity, western history, the history of women, gender studies, African Americans and Native Americans, cultural studies and comparative pieces. In addition to articles based on original research, historiographical pieces, reassessments of historical controversies, and reappraisals of prominent events or individuals are welcome. Special issues devoted to a particular theme or topic will also be considered.