Sleeping Car Porters in Canada: An Ethnically Submerged Split Labour Market

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Title
Sleeping Car Porters in Canada: An Ethnically Submerged Split Labour Market
Abstract
The Black community in Montreal grew largely from the demand for segregated labour on the railways. By 1941, almost half the employed Black males in the city were railway porters.
Publication
Canadian Ethnic Studies/Études ethniques au Canada
Volume
Vol. 19
Issue
no. 1
Pages
1-20
Date
1987
Language
en
Citation
Calliste, Agnes. “Sleeping Car Porters in Canada: An Ethnically Submerged Split Labour Market.” Canadian Ethnic Studies/Études ethniques au Canada Vol. 19, no. 1 (1987): 1–20.
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