f Northmen to America_ (Prince Society); _Sir William Alexander and
American Colonization_ (Prince Society).
=Slavery.= =Hd= Census of, in Lower Canada, in 1784, 231; negroes
advertised in Quebec, 246. =B= George Brown's lifelong opposition to,
xi, 1-2, 111-119; Anti-Slavery Society of Canada formed, 112, 113. =S=
Prohibition of, in Upper Canada, 89-91. _See also_ Negroes. =Bib.=:
Johnson, _First Things in Canada_; Withrow, _The Underground Railway_
(R. S. C., 1902); Jack, _Loyalists and Slavery in New Brunswick_ (R. S.
C., 1898); Smith, _Slavery in Canada_ (N. S. Hist. Soc. Coll., vol. 10);
_L'Esclavage en Canada_ (Soc. Hist, du Montreal, 1859); Garneau,
_History of Canada_.
=Small, James E.= =Mc= Defeated by Baldwin, 159; opposes Mackenzie, 214.
=Small, John E.= =S= Clerk of Executive Council, 178; his duel with John
White, attorney-general, 181. =BL= Solicitor-general for Upper Canada,
134; Constitutional Society of Orillia recommends his dismissal, 167;
elected in 1844, 253. =Bib.=: Dent, _Last Forty Years_.
=Smallpox.= =Dr= Breaks out in army before Quebec, 120, 123. =Hd=
Discussion on, in Quebec _Gazette_, 228-231. _See also_ Vaccination.
=Smith, Colonel.= =S= Commands 5th Regiment, his residence at Niagara,
179.
=Smith, Adam= (1723-1790). Political economist. Filled successively the
chairs of logic and of moral philosophy at Glasgow. In 1766 published
his great work, _The Wealth of Nations_. =Index=: =Sy= His economic
views receive attention, 11. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Smith, Sir Albert James= (1824-1883). Born in Shediac, New Brunswick.
Educated at the Westmoreland County Grammar School; studied law, and
called to the bar, 1847. Represented Westmoreland in the New Brunswick
Assembly, 1851-1867. A member of the government without portfolio, 1856.
Resigned with his colleagues, and on the return of his party to power
again resumed office. Attorney-general, 1862. A strong opponent of
Confederation. On the resignation of the Tilley government, called on to
form an administration; succeeded and held the office of president of
the Council. Went to England to oppose Confederation, 1865. Held the
attorney-generalship, 1865. His administration resigned office, 1866.
Returned for Westmoreland to the House of Commons, 1867. Held office as
minister of marine and fisheries in the Mackenzie government, 1873-1878.
Chief counsel of the Canadian government before the Halifax Fisheries
Commission, 1877. In recog
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