Charmaine Nelson, University of New Brunswick

Research

Quebec Canada British North America Transatlantic slavery intra-regional slave trade Creolization fugitive slave advertisements slave literacy

Latest funding

Joe the Pressman: How an African-born Man Refused a Life of Slavery in Canada
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$99,493

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Joe the Pressman: How an African-born Man Refused a Life of Slavery in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nelson, Charmaine A.

Keywords: Quebec; Canada; British North America; Transatlantic slavery; intra-regional slave trade; Creolization; fugitive slave advertisements; slave literacy; slave resistance; slave labour; cold climates and slave experience

$99,493

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Quebec Dear Professor Nelson, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on quebec connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Joe the Pressman: How an African-born Man Refused a Life of Slavery in Canada" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]