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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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