George & Darril Fosty's Black ice :
the lost history of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895-1925.

Description

Main Author

Fosty, George Robert

Related Names

Fosty, Darril, 1968-, author.

Language(s)

English

Published

©2008
Halifax, NS : Nimbus Publishing, [2008]

Subjects

Colored Hockey League
Colored Hockey League > Colored Hockey League / History.
Hockey
Hockey players, Black
Black Canadians > Black Canadians / Maritime Provinces > Black Canadians / Maritime Provinces / History.
Black Canadian hockey players > Black Canadian hockey players / Maritime Provinces > Black Canadian hockey players / Maritime Provinces / History.
Black people > Black people / Maritime Provinces > Black people / Maritime Provinces / History.
Hockey players, Black > Hockey players, Black / Maritime Provinces > Hockey players, Black / Maritime Provinces / History.
Hockey > Hockey / Maritime Provinces > Hockey / Maritime Provinces / History.
Maritime Provinces
History

Summary

"Comprised of the sons and grandsons of runaway American slaves, the Coloured Hockey League of the Maritimes was formed in 1895 in Halifax. Twenty-five years before the negro baseball leagues in the United States and twenty-two years before the birth of the National Hockey League, the Coloured League helped to pioneer the emerging sport of ice hockey. In an era when many believed blacks could not endure cold and possessed ankles too weak to effectively skate, these men defied the established myths. With colorful names such as the Africville Sea-Sides and the New Glasgow Speed Boys, the Coloured League would emerge as a premier force in Canadian hockey."--pub. desc.

Physical Description

264 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

ISBN

1551096951
9781551096957

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