Adult Literature

A Shadow On the Household
Author: Bryan Prince

In A Shadow on the Household, Bryan Prince, a descendant of slaves, brings to life the heart-wrenching story of the Weems family and their struggle to liberate themselves from slavery. John Weems, a man who purchased his own freedom, paid the owner of his enslaved wife and eight children an annual fee to keep them together at one plantation. When that owner died, the Weemses were cruelly separated and scattered throughout the South. Heartbroken and desperate, John resolved to raise the money to buy his family’s freedom and reunite them. Mining newspapers, private letters, diaries, estate records, marriage registries, and abolitionist papers for details of a story cloaked in secrecy, Bryan Prince has rescued the Weems family and their plight from historical oblivion. An unforgettable story of love and persistence, played out in four countries (the United States, Canada, Jamaica, and the United Kingdom) against the backdrop of the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a growing abolitionist movement, and the heroic efforts of the Underground Railroad, the Weems family saga must be read to be believed.

$32.00 hardcover

Family Secrets - Crossing the Colour Line
Author: Catherine Slaney

Catherine Slaney grew into womanhood unaware of her celebrated Black ancestors. An unanticipated meeting was to change her life. Her great-great grandfather was Dr. Anderson Abbott, the first Canadian-born Black to graduate from medical school in Toronto in 1861. In family Secrets, she narrates her journey along the trail of her family tree, back through the era of slavery and the plight of fugitive slaves, the Civil War, the Buxton Settlement, and the Chicago years.

$27.00 paperback

Stealing Democracy (signed)
Author: Spencer Overton

In "Stealing Democracy", Professor Spencer Overton has brought a much needed and very incisive analysis of the deeply flawed American voting infrastructure. After two successive close presidential elections, the American public must hold government officials accountable for unjust manipulation of the electoral process. This book is a must for every American who cares about the integrity of our electoral system.

In early 2009, Overton was appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy in the Department of Justice, by the Obama Administration.

$33.00 hard-cover

Four Went to the Civil War
Author: Lois Darroch

Lois Darroch traces the lives and fortunes of a pioneering family in Oxford County, Canada West. The head of the family, Enos, is ambitious, enterprising, astride of his time; his four sons are exceptional as they go off to school in Cleveland, build their own house, then join the Union forces against the Confederacy during the Civil War.

$15.00 paperback

Musical Buxton
Author: Vivian Robbins

This book is an attempt to document the history of musical groups and individuals whose endeavours have enhanced the lives of the people of Buxton and inspired recreational projects in the community. This book was prepared in conjunction with a Labour Day Celebration. This documentation helps highlight this very important aspect of the history of Buxton and serves to make people aware of the great musical heritage and tradition found in this historic community.

$3.00 paperback

The Houses of Buxton
Author: Patricia L. Neely

Patricia Neely writes about the period of slavery in North America where a distinct style and difference developed in house types. This difference in style could be traced from the deep South to the promising North and emerged in Buxton in the mid-nineteenth century.

$33.00 soft-cover

Slaves In The Family
Author: Edward Ball

In Slaves in the family, author Edward Ball tracks down the many descendants of Ball slaves from New York to California and back in the South, and coxes them, often with some difficulty, to tell their stories. It is a powerful and poignant account of a white man struggling with his and his nation's past.

$26.00 paperback

Yea I have a Goodly Heritage
Author: Prof. James T. Harris

Yea I Have A Goodly Heritage by Professor James T. Harris is an autobiography of James T. Harris - A monograph of his faith, his life and racism.

$18.00 soft cover