... parties are categorized as noise and suppressed under city ordinances; this action leads to “sound demo” protests that bring a different kind of noise into the streets. Noise is shown to be an antisubject of culture, which, in its mutable oppositional character, raises questions about the normative...

.... As such, this ledger serves as an important record of pre-Confederation black arrivals in Canada. This chapter also discusses the surveillance of black mobilities by examining lantern laws, which were ordinances in New York City that compelled black, mixed-race, and indigenous slaves to carry small lamps...