We had heard of Canada, then the only real Canaan of the American bondman, simply as a country to which the wild goose and the swan repaired at the end of winter to escape the heat of summer, but not as the home of man.
Describing the limited and often mythical understanding enslaved people had of Canada as a destination for freedom.
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