Was John A MacDonald's wife black (2015, population, race)

[scaramouchebluez]

I read somewhere that Joh A. MacDonald wife was Jamaican. was she black or mixed with black?

[jambo101]

Here she is "Lady Susan Agnes Bernard Macdonald"

http://www.sirjohna2015.ca/wp-conten...es-219x300.jpg

Is she Black? IMO i'd say no

[Average Fruit]

First of all Jamaican doesn't equal black, especially in that time period.

But Yes, she was from Jamaica.

[BruSan]

Interesting links using the google finger:

Black Canadians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Black History Canada - Timeline 1800-1900

Prominent Black Canadians

The second link has a clicky for 1700 to 1800 and I found it particularly interesting that when the British conquered the French in Canada, part of the signed capitulation agreement stated that the French would be allowed to retain their aboriginal and black slaves.

[Zoisite]

Originally Posted by scaramouchebluez

I read somewhere that Joh A. MacDonald wife was Jamaican. was she black or mixed with black?

Neither. She was 100% caucasian. On her father's side she was descended from English nobility and on her mother's side she was descended from Irish barristers, all of whom were caucasian.

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[BIMBAM]

Originally Posted by scaramouchebluez

I read somewhere that Joh A. MacDonald wife was Jamaican. was she black or mixed with black?

As mentioned she was both Jamaican and a full blooded European, but during that time period we did have a very prominent mixed race politician from Guyana in the lands that would become Canada, James Douglas, the father of British Columbia who served as governor from 1851-1864. There aren't too many other famous Canadian blacks from this period as there were very few black people in the country, and this is a country that already had a very small population spread out across a vast landscape.