Note 62 — VOYAGES AND TRAVELS (continued 2)
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Indian slavery among the French was first practiced in the Illinois country, and (1709) was authorized by edict for Canada. Slavery was abolished for Upper Canada in 1793; and by 1800 had ceased in Lower Canada. See Lafontaine, “L’ésclavage en Canada,” Montreal Historical Society Proceedings, 1858; Canadian Institute Transactions, 1889–90 (Toronto, 1891); and Proceedings, 1897, p. 19.—Ed.