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The Underground Railroad in Canada

Photos by Alan L Brown - June, 2009

Plaque Location

In The City of Windsor in The County of Essex
at coordinates N 42 19.186 W 83 02.211
at 200 Pitt Street East.

Plaque Text

From the early 19th century until the American Civil War, settlements along the Detroit and Niagara rivers were important terminals of the Underground Railroad. White and black abolitionists formed a heroic network dedicated to helping free and enslaved African Americans find freedom from oppression. By 1861, some 30,000 freedom-seekers resided in what is now Ontario, after secretly travelling north from slave states like Kentucky and Virginia. Some returned south after the outbreak of the Civil War, but many remained, helping to forge the modern Canadian identity.

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