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Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796–1865)
Haliburton, Thomas Chandler [“Sam Slick”]. A Canadian author; born at Windsor, NS, Dec. 17, 1796; died at Isleworth, near London, Aug. 27, 1865. Originally a lawyer, he became a judge in Nova Scotia. In addition to his famous ‘Sam Slick’ papers (1835) he produced serious historical and sociological books, dealing principally with conditions in Nova Scotia. He removed to England after resigning his colonial judgeship, and was a Member of Parliament in 1859. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).