British North America

American  

noun

1. Canada.

2. all parts of the Commonwealth of Nations in or near North America.

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British North America British  

noun

1. (formerly) Canada or its constituent regions or provinces that formed part of the British Empire

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British North America

When the Revolution began in 1775, 450,000 enslaved people lived in British North America, the vast majority in the Southern colonies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

Meanwhile, over in British North America, the colonists, too, were acutely aware of the issue of judicial independence.

From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2025

A little over 3.5 percent of the total, about 389,000 people, arrived on the shores of British North America and the Gulf Coast during those centuries when slave ships could find port.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022

In 1867, Britain’s Parliament passed, and Queen Victoria signed, the British North America Act creating the Dominion of Canada, which came into being the following July.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 29, 2021

By 1700, there are approximately 28,000 black people in British North America, about 11 percent of the total population, then estimated around 250,000.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis