The page numbers in this index refer to the print edition of this book.
Abbott:
Dr. Anderson Ruffin, 75, 80, 81,
86, 99, 125, 128, 132, 205, 238
Ellen (Toyer), 99, 125
Wilson Ruffin, 125
Abolition, abolitionists, 9, 17, 18,
29, 30, 40–43, 48, 49, 51, 53,
56, 58, 61, 67, 72, 75, 77,
82, 87–89, 91, 95–97, 100,
103,118–20, 122, 124, 126,
127, 130, 131, 138, 146, 148,
154, 157, 158, 169, 171, 174,
175, 179, 180, 184–88, 191,
204, 208, 209, 211, 215,219,
224, 236, 239, 240, 248, 251
Abolition of Slavery Bill (1933), 17,
26, 134
Acadia, 18, 173, 180
Act to Limit Slavery (1793), 39, 41,
108, 146
Act to Prevent the Clandestine
Landing of Liberated Slaves
(1833), 175
ADAH Chapter No. 7 Scenic City
Lodge 22, 202
Adventure Cycling Association, 223
African Abolition Society (AAS),
173–78
African Baptist Chapel (Halifax), 177
African Enterprise Society, 61
African Methodist Episcopal Church
(AME) (Windsor), 61
African Methodist Epsicopal Church
(St. Paul’s, Hamilton), 115
African Methodist Episcopal Church
(Toronto), 125, 137
African Rifles (Victoria Pioneer Rifle
Company), 192, 255
African School House (Halifax), 177,
253
African Staff Company (York County
Militia), 183
Africville (Halifax), 19, 173, 214
Agriculture Park (Cockshutt Park,
Brantford), 112, 113
Akin, Adam, 108
Alabama, State of, 25, 65, 69, 125,
223, 237
Alabama Christian Movement, 237
Alexander, Joe, 75
Alexander, John H., 53, 235
Alexander, Honourable Lincoln, 92, 153
Alexander, Nancy, 195
Alexandra Park (Brantford), 112
Allen, Emily, 191
Allen, Justice Beth, 16, 217
Allen, Reverend J. E., 235
Allen-Jones, Genevieve, 201
All Saints Anglican Church (Windsor),
62
American Civil War, 32, 114, 170,
172, 205
American Missionary Association
(AMA), 49
American Presbyterian Church
(Montreal), 172, 251–52
American Revolution, 62, 113, 167,
173, 180, 231
Amherstburg, Ontario (see also Fort
Malden), 18, 19, 47–55, 57,
60, 62, 63, 72, 111, 120, 128,
234–36, 249
Amherstburg Community Club, 68
Amherstburg Cornet Band, 51
Amherstburg Echo, 51
Amherstburg Town Hall, 51, 53
Ancaster, Ontario, 115, 122, 156, 203,
224, 243, 246
Anderdon, Ontario, 235
Anderson, James, 108
Anderson, John, 110, 126, 169, 243
Anderson, Osborne, 75
Anderson, Roy, 102
Angélique, Marie-Joseph, 39, 168, 232
Anglin, Timothy Warren, 183
Antigua, West Indies, 10, 42
Anti-Slavery Activities, 18, 19, 29, 30,
40, 48, 57, 61, 63, 74, 75, 88, 89,
95, 122, 126–29, 146, 169–72,
174, 178, 190, 206, 224, 241–
42, 247, 254
Anti-Slavery Society of Canada, 61,
96, 170, 236, 251–52
Arabian (steamer), 131
Armstrong (steamer), 159
Arnott, Ted, 256 –57
Articles of Capitulation (Treaty of
Paris), 167, 251
Athletic Park (Brantford), 104, 106
Atkin, Gore, 52
Auchmar Estate (Hamilton), 110, 116,
122, 244–45
August Lodge, 100
Augusta, Dr. Alexander, 128
Baby, James “Jacques,” 55
Bahia Rebellion, Brazil, 40
Balfour, W.D., 52
Ball, Reverend R.R., 100
Barbados, West Indies, 10, 43, 143,
231
Barnswell, Mary Lowe, 195
Baseball, 54, 85, 110, 112, 113, 158,
162, 209, 212, 244
Bates, Daisy, 69, 237
Baynes, William Craig, 169, 171, 172
Bayview Park (Hamilton), 121
Bedford Basin, 178
Belmont House (Hamilton), 177
Benevolent Societies, 29, 75, 99, 125,
173, 200, 202, 219, 245
Bennett, Prime Minister Robert
Borden, 65
Berbice Slave Rebellion, British
Guiana, 40
Beth Emanuel BME Church
(London), 15, 96, 242
Bethune, Mary McLeod, 69, 200, 201,
237
Bethune-Cookman College (Daytona
Beach), 237
Berlin, Ontario (now Kitchener), 104,
120
Berlin Band, 157, 158
Bermuda, 42, 43, 189
Best, W.R., 161
Bibb, Henry, 9, 19, 34, 55, 56, 58, 61,
63, 246
Bibb, Mary, 9, 10, 19, 55–57, 61
Biddulph Township (Middlesex
County), 94
Big Picnic, 70, 123, 148, 149, 150,
213
Bill 111 (Ontario), 223, 256–57
Birchtown, Nova Scotia, 19
Bixel, Leonard, 104
Bixel, Max, 104
Black Loyalists, 18–20, 47, 55, 128,
132, 144, 175, 180, 231
Blacks on the Border, 174
Blakelock, Thomas, 123
Blenheim, Ontario, 103
Bonaventure Hall (Montreal), 169–72
Bond, Willis, 195
Booth, Julia Ann, 191
Booth, Samuel, 195
Bothwell, Ontario, 80, 85, 91
Boyd, Grandison, 79
Boyd’s Block (Chatham), 79
Boylston, John, 108
Brant, Joseph, 108, 156, 243
Brantford, Moses Jr., 53
Brantford, Ontario, 18, 84, 102, 104,
106, 108–13, 115, 119, 121, 128,
156, 158, 212, 234, 242, 243,
248
Brantford Expositor, 110
Brantford Independent Band, 98
Brazil, 40, 143
Brien, Dr. James, 52
British American Association of
Colored Brothers (BAACB), 65,
68, 212, 237
British American Institute (Dresden),
74, 87
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery
Society, 88
British Colonist (Halifax), 175, 176
British Colonist (Victoria), 190
British Columbia Association for the
Advancement of Coloured People
(BCAACP), 195
British Emancipation Act/
Emancipation Act (1833) (see also
Slavery Abolition Act), 85, 130
British Guiana (now Guyana), 10, 40,
43, 189, 231
British Loyalists, 47, 113, 124, 181
British Methodist Episcopal Church
(BME), 48, 61, 74, 78, 115,
123, 125, 137, 149, 153, 154
Brode, Patrick, 245
Broken Shackles, 154, 249
Bronte, Ontario, 119, 121, 123, 245
Brooks, Henry, 147
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters,
138
Brotherly Union Society, 118, 245
Brown, George, 40, 127
Brown, Jesse, 112
Brown, John, 58, 103, 169, 172, 238,
240
Brown, Paola, 114, 244
Brown, Thomas (Oxford County), 104
Brown, Thomas (Essex County), 210
Brown-Kubisch, Linda, 250
Browne, Mario C., 155
Brown’s Wharf (Toronto), 131
Bruce, County of, 151, 156
Bruce, Right Honourable James, 131
Buchanan, Honourable Isaac, 114–16,
118
Buffalo, New York, 23, 25, 112, 120,
121, 144, 149
Burnette, Hugh, 94, 240
Butler, Reverend William, 119, 123, 245
Cadboro Bay (Victoria Island),
193–95
“Cadboro Bay: Index to an Incomplete
History,” 194
Cakewalk, 65, 106, 112, 121, 133,
134, 158, 212, 242
California, State of, 11, 20, 188–90
Cambridge, Ontario (see Galt)
Camden, Ontario, 128
Campbell, Archibald, 85
Campbell, Professor ___, 106
Campbell Block (Ingersoll), 106
Campbell Chapel AME Church
(Chatham), 74
Canadian Anti-Slavery Baptist
Association, 48, 75
Canadian Caribbean Association of
Halton (CCAH), 124, 246
Canadian League (Association) for the
Advancement of Coloured People
(CAACP), 93, 101, 241–42
Canadian Race Relations Act, 92
Captain Runchey’s Company of
Coloured Men, 145
Caribana Festival, 12, 20, 43, 143
Caribbean, 11, 14, 20, 26, 27, 35, 38,
40, 41, 43, 124, 135, 289, 206,
217, 223, 231, 232
Cariboo Gold Rush, 189
Carleton, New Brunswick, 180
Cary, George, 9, 57
Cary, Mary Ann Shadd (see also Mary
Ann Shadd), 88, 94, 125
Cary, Thomas F., 125
Center for Minority Health, University
of Pittsburgh Graduate School of
Public Health, 155, 223
Ceylon, Ontario, 151
Chambers, Pastor S.C., 118
Charity, Cornelius, 195
Charity Block (Chatham), 74
Chatham, Ontario, 13, 19, 20, 51, 52,
56, 72–88, 91, 92, 95, 99, 110,
120, 128, 205, 206, 237–40
Chatham Board of Health, 86
Chatham Literary and Debating
Society, 72, 75, 81, 83
Chatham Planet, 77
Chicago, Illinois, 25, 58, 119, 120,
159, 181, 243–44
Chicago Bar Association, 119
Chippawa, Ontario, 144
Christ’s Church Anglican (Dresden),
90
Christ’s Church Cathedral (Hamilton),
115, 116
Christian, Elder Washington, 125
Christian Recorder (Philadelphia), 90
Church of England (Montreal), 168
Cincinnati, Ohio, 25
Civic Holiday (August 1st), 223, 224
Civil War (see American Civil War)
Clairmont Park (Hamilton), 115, 116
Clancy, James (MP), 85
Clarke, Reverend William F., 95, 96,
103, 104, 190, 191, 241
Clarkson, Thomas, 40
Cleveland, Ohio, 78, 98, 104
Cockshutt Park (Brantford), 111, 112
Coffin, Levi, 40, 49, 58, 234
Colchester, Ontario, 49, 51, 52, 128,
234
Colchester, Township of (Essex
County), 19
Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, 179
Collingwood, Ontario, 18, 71, 104,
108, 152–55, 158–63, 202
Colonial Church and School Society
(Anglican Church), 90, 241
Colonial Missionary Society, 190
Colored American (New York), 130
Coloured Corps (see also Captain
Runchey’s Company of Coloured
Men), 138, 140
Coloured Baptist Church (Hamilton),
115
Coloured Citizen’s Band (Brantford),
111, 112
Coloured Wesleyan Methodist Church
(Toronto), 125
Commercial Hotel (Toronto), 129
Commodore (steamer), 189
Common Schools Act (1850), 80, 234
Community Family Club (London),
101–03, 242
Conestoga, Ontario, 156
Confederation (1867), 172, 177–79,
190, 193, 205
Conservative Party, 79, 85, 128, 129,
256–57
Cook, Thomas, 172
Cooley, Chloe, 233
Cooper, Afua, 14, 15, 94
Cooper, E.C., 72, 79, 81
Cooper, Joseph, 159
Cooper-Wilson, Janie, 15, 71
Cornwallis Street Baptist Church
(Halifax), 252
Cosley, John, 122
Court House Square (London), 98
Craven, John, 195
Cridge, Edward, 190, 191
Crosby, William, 88
Crystal Palace (Hamilton), 114, 119,
120
Crystal Palace (London), 98
Crystal Palace (St. Catharines), 148
Curtis, Beluah, 111
Cutten, Joseph, 235
Daly, Absalom, 104
Daly House Stables (Norwich), 104
Damascus Commandery No. 4, 54
Damrell, H., 88
Dandridge, Dorothy, 66
Darby, Dorothy, 201, 202, 238
“Darkey Hollow” (Oro), 160
Daughters of Samaria, 99, 200
Dawn of Tomorrow, The, 101, 232,
241–42
Davis, Delos Rogest, 50, 51, 53, 85,
234
Davis, George, 171, 172
Davis, Reverend ___, 90
Davis Jr., Sammy, 66
Dawn Settlement (Dresden), 18, 62,
74, 87, 88, 91, 239, 240
Dawson, Hilary J., 246
Dawson, Marjorie, 150
Day Hotel (Brantford), 111
Delany, Martin, 75, 80
Delisle, Reverend David Charbrand,
168
Demarest, Sylvanus, 95
Denman, Admiral Joseph, 188
Dennis, Mayor Ray A., 102
Dereham, Ontario, 103
Dett, Robert Nathaniel, 251
Digby, Nova Scotia, 173
Diggs, Alex, 182
Dillon, Reverend Marmaduke Martin,
96–98, 241
Discrimination, 20, 27–29, 33, 49, 50,
51, 68, 74, 76, 79, 81, 83–86, 90,
91, 94, 95, 100, 101, 114, 127,
128, 136, 148, 174, 183, 190–92,
196, 205, 214, 237, 241–42
Donnelly, Edward, 59
Doston, Alexander, 245
Doty, Edwin, 104
Dougall, John, 169–72, 251
Douglas, Governor James, 186–92
Douglass, Frederick, 34, 40, 88, 126,
209, 210, 233, 239, 254
Dover, Ontario, 82
Dresden, Ontario, 18, 20, 74, 87–93,
116, 120, 136, 221, 239, 240, 242
Drew, Benjamin, 243
Drill Hall (Brantford), 112
Drill Hall (Victoria), 192, 255
Drill Shed (Chatham), 78, 82, 86
Drinkwater, Reverend Charles Henry,
116–18, 245
Drummondville, Ontario, 119,
144,145, 147, 148, 248
Dufferin, County of, 156
Dunn, James, 236
Dunn, Mr. ___, 62
Dunn, Robert, 58, 64, 236
Duval, Pleasant, 159, 160
Duval, Mariah Jane, 160
d’Youville, Mother Marie, 168
Eastern Star Lodge, 98, 138, 155
Edgar AME Church (Simcoe), 160
Edward, William H., 130
Elgin, Lord (Governor General), 114,
156
Elgin Association Fraud, 79
Elgin Settlement (Buxton Mission),
19, 77, 79, 251
Elk Lake (Vancouver Island), 193
Elliot, Colonel Matthew, 47
Elm Hill, New Brunswick, 180
Elmira, Ontario, 156–58
Elmira Exhibition Grounds, 158
English Congregationalist Union
Church, 190
Emancipation Legislation:
British Emancipation Act (1833),
10–12, 42, 43, 51, 85, 86, 101,
110, 112, 142, 156, 168, 175,
185, 187, 188, 204, 251
Emancipation Proclamation
(1865), 43, 126, 171
Equiano, Olaudah, 40, 233
Esquimalt, British Columbia, 188, 189
Esquimalt Harbour, 187
Essex, County of, 47, 51–55, 64, 65,
68, 128, 210–12
Essex Militia, 62
Estes, Howard, 189
Eureka Commandery No. 1, 84
Eureka Lodge No. 20 Free and
Accepted Masons, 137
Evers, Medgar, 69, 237
Evers, Myrlie, 69, 237
Exhibition Grounds (London), 98
Exhibition Park (Toronto), 134
Fair Accommodation Practices Act
(1954), 93, 232
Feinburg, Rabbi Abraham, 143
Ferguson, Peter, 161
Ferguson, Honourable Robert, 91
Fifth Gore Militia, 113
First Baptist Church:
(AME) Malden, 48
Chatham, 74
Sandwich, 10, 57
Toronto, 125
Windsor, 61, 210
First World War, 32, 162, 140, 183
Fisher, J.J., 9, 57, 250
Fitzgerald, Captain James, 122, 254
Flesherton, Ontario, 151
Fort Erie, Ontario, 144, 145
Fort Malden (see also Amherstburg),
18, 47, 48
France, 11, 37, 141
Francis, Eddie, 217
Francis, Sydna E.R., 191
Fraser River Gold Rush, 20, 188, 189
Frederick Douglass’ Paper, 88
Fredericton, New Brunswick, 19, 180,
182
Frost, Karolyn Smardz, 15, 232, 242
Frost Jr., John, 154, 249
Fry, James, 47
Fugitive Slave Chapel (see Beth
Emanuel BME Church)
Fugitive Slave Law (1793), 42, 233
Fugitive Slave Law (1850), 124, 169,
174, 180
Fugitives Union Society, 57
Gagetown, New Brunswick, 180
Gallego, Peter, 128
Galley, Sarah, 111
Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge), 156
Gant, Catherin, 191
Garrett, Henry, 147, 248
Garvey, Amy, 221
Garvey, Marcus, 108, 213
Gauthier, John, 236
Geddes, Reverend John Gamble, 115,
116
George’s Square (Oakville), 123, 124
Georgian Bay, 18, 151, 154, 159, 162
Georgian Bay Park (Collingwood), 154
“Get Off the Track!,” 184, 228, 230,
254
Gibbs, Maria, 191
Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar, 190, 191, 195
Gibbs, Rebbecca, 195
Giscome, John, 189, 254
Giscome Canyon, 254
Giscome Portage, 254
Giscome Rapid, 254
Glen Allan, Ontario, 156
Glover, Joshua, 125, 246
Government Grounds (Toronto), 131
Government House (Halifax), 177,
253
Government House (Toronto), 131
Grace Anglican Church (Brantford),
171, 243–44
Grafton, Francis E., 171, 252
Grand Truck Railway, 77
Grand United Order of Oddfellows
(GUOOF), 99, 100, 134, 137
Grant, Ab, 112
Grant, Anthony, 168, 251
Grasett, Reverend Henry James,
129–34, 247
Gray, Henry, 146, 248
Great Western Railway, 60, 95, 132
Green, Mrytle, 153
Green, Pearl, 153
Green, Reverend James, 171
Green Lawn (Dawn), 87
Grenada, West Indies, 40, 48
Grey, County of, 151, 153, 156
Grey Roots Museum and Archives, 15,
155
Griffin, Enerals, 122, 245–46
Griffin House (Ancaster), 122, 245–46
Griffin House/Fieldcote Memorial
Park and Museum, 15, 203, 224,
257
Grizzle, Stanley, 138
Guelph, Ontario, 96, 98, 111, 112,
120, 121, 156, 222
Guelph University (see University of
Guelph)
Guyana (see also British Guiana), 40,
43, 143, 189
Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, 179
Hackett, Nelson, 75, 238
Hackley, Reverend A.W., 86
Haiti, 11, 12, 40, 239
Haitian Revolution, 11, 40
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 18–20, 173–80,
212–14, 234, 245, 252, 253
Halifax Harbour, 178
Hall, Dr. W.R., 85, 86
Hall, John “Daddy,” 154, 249
Hamilton, Ontario, 18, 20, 65, 78,
86, 91, 92, 98, 99, 110–23, 128,
131, 133–35, 158, 162, 200, 201,
234, 244–45
Hamilton Black Abolitionist Society,
114
Hamilton Cemetery, 244
Hamilton Conservation Authority, 122
Hamilton Mountain, 113, 116
Hamilton Spectator, 122, 224
Hammond’s Plains, Nova Scotia, 173
Happy, Jesse, 114, 244
Harper, Harry, 150
Harper’s Ferry (Virginia), 169, 238, 240
Harris, Clayborn, 62
Harris, Labalinin, 60
Harris, Mr. ___, 159
Harris, Thomas, 53
Harris, W.H., 130
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 119
Harrison, Elizabeth, 153
Harrison Park (Owen Sound), 154–56
Harvey, Al, 123
Harvey, Bob, 123
Harwich, Ontario, 128
Hatt, Samuel, 156, 243
Haviland, Laura, 58
Hawkesville, Ontario, 156–57
Hawkins, Bishop Walter, 53, 78
Hayes, Esther, 138
Henson, James “Old Man,” 154, 253
Henson, Reverend Josiah, 62, 87, 92,
144, 239, 246, 249
Hepburn, Premier Mitch, 65
Highgate, Aaron, 88, 240
Higman, B.W., 213, 256
Hill, Dr. Daniel, 60, 127, 233
Hill, Dennis, 91
Hill, James Wesley, 122, 246
Hill, Reverend C.P., 235
Holden, Isaac, 78, 80, 82–84, 86, 239
Holden, Reverend R.L., 78, 83, 99
Holland, 37
Holland Centre, Ontario, 151
Hollinsworth, James, 88, 239, 240
Holloway, Edith, 141
Holly, James Theodore, 236
Holton, L., 172
Home Comfort Club, 138
Hôpital-Général (Montreal), 168
Hotel Dieu Hospital (Windsor), 136
Hour-A-Day Study Club, 201
Household of Ruth, 99, 121, 137,
200–01
Howe, Joseph, 177
Howe Jr., John, 177
Howson, Christine, 101, 103
Hubbard, William Peyton, 128
Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), 185,
187, 188, 190
Hughes, Orra L.C., 119, 120
Hughes, Reverend Thomas, 89, 90
Hulmes, Reverend ___, 154
Hurst, Charles, 210
Hurst, John, 61
Hutchinson, John, 254
Hutchinson Family Singers, 228, 254
Hutchinson Jr., Jesse, 228, 254
Ibbotson, Heather, 110
Illinois, State of, 25, 120
Indiana, State of, 64
Ingersoll, Ontario, 98, 103, 106
Irish Emancipation Act of 1829, 81
Irish New Connexion Methodist
Chapel (London), 95
Jackson, General Andrew “Stonewall,”
243
Jackson, Harvey C., 103
Jackson, Mayor Ovid, 55
Jackson, Mississippi, 237
Jackson, Ruby West, 246
Jackson Park (Windsor), 36, 66–69,
72, 73, 201, 212, 238
Jamaica, West Indies, 10, 11, 40, 43,
118, 129, 143, 189, 231
Janes, D.S., 169, 170, 172, 251
Jarvis, Anne, 15, 122, 203, 224, 246,
257
Jarvis, Sheriff William, 124
Jarvis Hall (Ingersoll), 106
Jenkins, Dr. ___, 118
Jenkins, James F., 101, 232, 241–42
Jim Crow Laws, 20, 68, 232
John Brown Convention (Chatham),
74
John Henry Valentine Lodge No. 740,
138
Johnson, Evelyn (Howson), 103
Johnson, Jack, 13, 65, 237
Johnson, John W., 99
Johnson, Mr. ___, 9
Johnson, Mr. J.O., 51
Johnson, Viola, 153
Jones, Aby Beckford, 96, 241
Jones, Alfred, 96, 241
Jones, Jehu, 130
Jones, Josiah, 77
Jones, J.M., 79
Jones, Ronnie, 217
Jones, Reverend W.H., 77, 119, 238
Jones, William, 61
“Jones” Brass Band, 78
Jubilee Singers, 53, 109, 111, 121, 234
Kachun, Mitchell, 59, 85, 206
Keith, Marion (Martha Graham), 250
Kemp, Reverend Alex F., 171, 172
Kent, County of, 73–94, 128, 210,
211
Kent County Civil Rights League
(KCCRL), 82–83
Kentucky, State of, 25, 61, 64, 114,
241, 243–44, 249
Kerr, Reverend ___, 154
Kerr-Ritchie, J.R., 128, 132
Kilmaster, William G., 112
King, Reverend William, 77, 79, 80,
88, 238
King, Violet, 142, 200, 247
King Jr., Dr. Martin Luther, 37, 69,
173, 208, 215
King Street School (Amherstburg), 48,
235
Kingsville, Ontario, 49
Kinnaird, Reverend Thomas, 118
Kitchener, Ontario (see also Berlin),
104, 120, 158
Knights of Pythias, 99
Knights Templar, 54, 84
Labadie, Antoine Descomptes, 55
Ladies Freedman’s Aid Society, 125
Lagoon Park (Sandwich), 59, 64, 65,
210, 236
Lakeside Park (Port Dalhousie), 149, 150
Lampton, William, 76
Larwill, Edwin, 76, 80
LeBurtis, Susan, 104, 159
LeDuc’s Tavern (Sandwich), 56
Lee, Archy, 189
Leith, Ontario, 154
LeJeune, Olivier, 233
Leonard, Elizabeth, 195
Leonard, Major Elijah, 95
Lester, Nancy, 191
Lester, Sarah, 195
Lewis, Mr. ___, 51
Lewis, Paul “Dad,” 102, 242
Lewis, Ray, 65
Lewis, Reverend ___, 96
Lincoln, President Abraham, 123, 126,
171, 185, 193
Lincoln Lodge No. 8, 49, 53, 54
Little, Mayor John William, 100
Little Africa (Fort Erie), 145
Little Africa (Hamilton), 113, 114
Little Miss Sepia Pageant, 70
Little Rock, Arkansas, 237
Little Rock Nine, 237
Little Zion BME Church (Owen
Sound), 152, 153, 234
Loch Lomond, New Brunswick, 180,
182
London, Ontario, 18–20, 31, 32, 78,
93, 94–103, 113, 118, 120, 123,
135, 158, 190, 200, 232, 240,
241–42, 244, 248
London Colored Stars, 244
Louis, Joe, 66
Lovell, Mayor Ruth, 155
L’Overture, Toussaint, 40
Lucan, Ontario, 94, 98
Lucas, Andrew, 243
Lucas, C.P., 130
Lucas, J., 111, 243
Lucas, Solomon, 112
Luke, Phillip, 167
Lundy’s Lane (Drummondville), 148
Lyle, Reverend John, 64
Mackenzie, William Lyon, 56, 145
Mackenzie Rebellions (see also
Rebellion of 1837–38), 48, 75,
113, 145
Maidstone, Ontario, 58
Malden, Ontario, 58
Malden Township (Essex County),
47–48
Malot, John, 102
Manitoulin Island, 235
Maritimes, 19, 41, 173–84
Market Square:
Brantford, 112
Chatham, 77
London, 98–99
Market Square (Owen Sound), 153
Marley, Bob, 213, 256
Marson, Jim, 138, 141
Martin, Mayor S.T., 84–85
Martin, Shadrach “Shack” Quarles, 97,
100, 241
Maryland, State of, 19, 87, 110, 154,
239, 247
Mason, Mayor Clarence, 58, 64, 210
Mason, Mayor John James, 32, 49, 54,
67, 75, 79, 120, 137, 155, 163
Masonic Lodges, Masons, 32, 49, 54,
67, 75, 79, 120, 137, 155, 163
Massachusetts, State of, 63, 120
Masterson, Reverend J.S., 52, 98
McClure, Reverend William, 95–97,
241
McCurdy, Alvin, 68, 235
McCurtis, John, 112
McDame, Henry, 189, 254
McDame Creek, 254
McFarquhar, Colin, 58, 84, 85, 207,
211, 236
McGill, James, 168
McGill University (College), 168, 169,
171
McKellar, MP Archibald, 79–80
McKillican, Reverend John, 170
McKivigan, John R., 209, 256
McLean, Reverend John, 98
McVicar, Reverend John, 170
Mechanics’ Institute Hall (Hamilton),
115
Mechanics’ Institute Hall (Saint John),
183
Melville Island, Nova Scotia, 178, 253
Merritt, William Hamilton, 40, 248
Mic Mac Park (Windsor), 72, 236
Middle Passage (Slave Trade), 37, 38, 79
Middlesex, County of, 94–103
Miller, Benjamin, 241
Miller, Father Thomas Henry, 152–54,
157
Mills, David, 91
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 125, 159
Mineral Springs (see Lagoon Park)
Minkins, Shadrach, 169, 251
Miss Sepia International Pageant, 66,
69–72, 202
Missionary Messenger, 81
Mohawk Institute (Six Nations
Reserve), 110
Mohawk Park (Brantford)), 112
Mollineaux, Melinda, 16, 194
Montgomery, Thomas, 125
Montgomery, William, 125
Montgomery Bus Boycott, 69
Montreal, Quebec, 20, 39, 167–72,
203, 213, 224, 251–52
Montreal Gazette, 169
Montreal Witness, 169, 171
Moore, Donald, 136, 138, 139
Moore, J.J., 195
Morden, Captain George Hardy, 122
Moresby, Admiral John, 188
Morris, E.H., 119, 120
Morton, George, 120, 245
Morton, Nancy, 40, 233
Moseby, Solomon, 244
Moses, Sarah Jane Douglas, 195
Moton, Robert R., 65, 237
Mount McDame, 254
Mount Brydges Lodge No. 1865, 98,
120, 121, 134
Murdoch, William, 56
Mutual Improvement Society
(Windsor), 61
Myrie, Evelyn, 224
Nanaimo, British Columbia, 189
Naomi Chapter No. 8 Order of
Eastern Star, 137–38
Nathan Phillip Square (Toronto), 143
Nathaniel Dett Chorale, 248
National Joint Action Committee of
Trinidad and Tobago, 223
National Unity Association
(Chatham), 240
Nazrey AME Church (Malden), 48,
53, 54
Negro Creek (Grey County), 151
Nenagh, Ontario, 151
Nettleton, John, 151, 162, 250
Newark (see Niagara-on-the-Lake)
New Road (North Preston), Nova
Scotia, 179, 253
New York, State of, 25, 63, 64, 88,
103, 120, 122, 148, 150, 223,
233, 236
New York City, 69, 251
Newman, William P., 90, 127, 252
Niagara Chronicle, 147
Niagara Falls, Ontario, 18, 41, 115,
120, 128, 144–46, 242, 243,
248, 249
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Newark),
Ontario, 144, 145, 146
Nigger Hole (Dresden), 91
Nigger Hollow (London), 95
92nd West India Regiment, 132
Norfolk, County of, 103
North, Reverend E., 52
North American Black Historical
Museum (NABHM)
(Amherstburg), 16, 54, 55, 235,
238, 255
North American Convention of
Coloured People, 126, 246
North American Hotel (Collingwood),
159
North American League, 31, 63, 236
North Buxton Maple Leaf Band
(Chatham), 67, 91
North Farm (Halifax), 177
North Preston (see New Road)
North Star Band (Chatham), 91
Northumberland (steamer), 149
Norwich, Ontario, 103–06, 244
Novascotian, 175, 177, 183
No. 2 Construction Battalion (First
World War), 62
Oakville, Ontario, 108, 119, 121
Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate,
15, 124, 249
O’Banyoun, Reverend Josephus, 34,
52, 53, 84, 91, 109, 119, 121,
153, 234, 243, 245
O’Banyoun Jubilee Singer (see Jubilee
Singers)
O’Banyoun, Peter Simeon, 110, 243
Ohio, State of, 9, 25, 40, 51, 64, 78,
95, 103, 104, 106, 201
Ohio Black Codes, 104
Okley, Jerry, 113
Old Durham Road Pioneer Cemetery
(Grey County), 151–53
Ontario Black Historical Society
(OBHS), 143
O’Reilly, Mrs. Deborah, 42
Oro, Ontario, 158, 250
Oro-Medonte Township (Simcoe
County), 158–62
Osgoode Hall (Toronto), 110, 126, 132
Otnabog, New Brunswick, 180
Otterville, Ontario, 103, 115
Overstreet, F.R., 121
Owen Sound, Ontario, 18, 20, 55,
151–56, 159, 160, 162, 202, 203,
214, 221–24, 234, 249
Owens, Jesse, 66
Oxford, County of, 103, 104, 242
Panis (Pawnee Nation), 167, 251
Pardo, MP Thomas Letson, 85
Patton, John, 168
Pawnee (see Panis)
Pearson, Dr. Daniel “Doc,” 49, 51, 53,
234
Pearson, Honourable Lester B., 139
Pennsylvania, State of, 89, 119, 19-0
Perry, Reverend Dr. W. Constantine,
136
Perry, Walter, 55, 65–68, 136, 212,
237
Peter Ogden Lodge No. 812
(Toronto), 98, 134, 135, 137
Pettigrew, Joyce A., 104, 106, 244
Phillips, Mayor Nathan, 139
Piecraft, Elizabeth, 159
Pioneer Hall (Victoria), 192–93
Pioneer 104th Regiment, 183
Pitt, Bertrand Joseph Spencer, 123,
148–50, 213, 249
Pointer, Nathan, 195
Pointer, Sarah, 191
Pollytown (Drummondville), 145
Pooley, Sophia, 108, 156, 243
Port Burwell, Ontario, 103
Port Dalhousie, Ontario, 135, 148–50
Port Robinson, 144
Portugal, 37
Powell, Edmund “Ted,” 54, 55
Powell, Major John, 129
Powell, William Dummer, 55, 235
Powell Jr., Adam Clayton, 69
Presque Isle (Georgian Bay), 154
Preston, Nova Scotia, 173
Preston, Reverend Richard, 174, 178,
179, 252, 253
Priceville, Ontario, 151
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Chicago,
119
Prince Hall Masonic Order, 49
Prince Hall Order of the Eastern Star, 99
Prince, C.W., 77
Prince, Colonel John, 56, 58, 80, 127,
235
Prince’s Grove (Sandwich), 51, 59
Princess Street School (Amherstburg),
240
Progress, 67, 136
Prosser, Gabriel, 40
Provincial Freeman, 19, 74, 88, 89,
127, 131, 200, 227, 236, 238
Provincial Union Association, 75, 125
Puce, Ontario, 94
Quakers, 103
Queen Victoria Benevolent Society,
99, 125
Queen’s Bush, 109, 151, 156-58, 244
Queen’s Bush Settlement, 156, 243, 250
Queen’s Park (London), 99
Queen’s Park (Toronto), 143
Racism, 12, 20, 30, 60, 62, 68, 69, 79,
84, 86, 92, 96, 100, 109, 114,127,
136, 139, 181, 185, 189, 192,
195, 205, 211, 218, 222
Raleigh Township (Kent County), 80
Ramsay, Samuel, 195
Ray, Charles B., 130
Reade, John Collingwood, 138
Rebellion of 1837–38 (see also
Mackenzie’s Rebellion), 32, 48, 75, 145, 235
Redpath, John, 169
Reform Party (Liberals), 79, 80
Refugee Home Society, 19, 55, 58,
61, 251
Reuther, Walter P., 68
Rex, Abraham, 56
Rice, Reverend Isaac, 49
Richard, Fortune, 192, 195
Richards, Captain Jack, 134
Richards, James C., 82
Richards, John, 51
Ringo, Samuel, 195
Roberts, Reverend J.B., 245
Robertson, James, 47
Robinson, Chief Justice John Beverley,
91, 126
Robinson, Henry Wilkinson, 189
Rochester, New York, 25, 88, 120,
148, 149, 233
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 69, 201
Roosevelt, President Franklin D., 69,
200, 201, 237
Ross, Diana, 13, 66
Ross, Dr. Alexander, 40
Ross, George William, 80
Russell, Peter, 124
Ryerson, Eggerton, 91
S.S. #18 (Wilberforce), 94
Saanich, British Columbia, 189
Sadlier, Rosemary, 73, 143
Saint John, New Brunswick, 18–20,
180–83, 253
Saint John Harbour, 181
Saint John Regiment, 183
Saint John Weekly Freeman, 183
Salem Chapel BME Church (St.
Catharines), 145, 146, 149
Salt Spring Island, 20, 189
Sam Sharpe Rebellion (Jamaica), 40
Samuel R. Memorial Church
(Brantford), 109
San Francisco, California, 96, 188,
189, 192
Sandwich, Ontario, 9, 18, 19, 49, 51,
55–65, 128, 210, 238
Sandwich Township (Essex County), 64
Sandwich First Baptist Church, 57
Sarawak Township (Grey County), 154
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, 159
Scoble, John, 77, 88, 116
Scott, Amanda, 191
Scott, Dennis, 16, 155
Scott, Josephine, 153
Scott, Lisa, 16, 155, 203
Scott, Samuel, 147
Second Baptist Church:
Chatham, 77
North Preston, 179
London, 96, 143
Second World War, 32, 68, 124, 138,
140, 141
Segregation, 20, 78
Shadd Family: 74, 95
Adrienne, 15, 94, 233
Emaline, 128
Garrison, 84
Ira T., 67
Isaac, 74
Israel, 74
Mary Ann (see also Mary Ann
Shadd Cary), 19, 57, 61, 75, 131,
200, 238
Shanty Bay (Oro Township), 159
Sharpe, Sergeant Aubrey, 138, 140
Sharpe, Granville, 12
Sheffield, Abraham, 159
Sheffield, Howard, 159
Sheffield Park History and Cultural
Museum (Collingwood), 160
Shelburne, Nova Scotia, 173
Shuttlesworth, Reverend Fred, 69, 237
Silverman, Jason H., 209
Simcoe, County of, 158–63
Simcoe, Lieutenant-Governor John
Graves, 41, 108, 146, 223, 224,
233
Simmons vs. Chatham (1861), 238
Simpson, Mayor James, 65
Simpson, Melville “Mac,” 235
Six Nations Reserve, 110, 113
Slavery Abolition Act (1833) (see also
British Emancipation Act), 26, 42
Smallwood Sr., Thomas, 131, 246
Smith, David, 88
Smith, Jasper, 112
Smith, Lavinia Lodice, 161
Smith, Mayor T.A., 86
Smith, Parker, 90
Smith, Stephen, 240
Snowden, Charles W.F., 111, 113,
243, 244
Snowden, Julia L., 111
Snowden, Marcus, 16
Snowden, Thomas, 111
Society for the Protection of Refugees,
125
Somerville, Alexander, 118
Sons of Temperance Hall
(Amherstburg), 51
Sons of Union, 63
Sorrick, Reverend Richard, 160, 162
South Africa, 42, 43, 223
South Carolina, State of, 40, 191
Spain, 11, 37
Sparrow, Cornelius, 181
Spirit of the Age, The, 162
Springbank Park (London), 101–03
S.S. Dalhousie City (steamer), 149
St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
(Ancaster), 246
St. Anne’s Market (Montreal), 168
St. Antoine’s Ward (Montreal), 169
St. Armand, Quebec, 167
St. Catharines, Ontario, 18, 20, 56,
72, 98, 119, 120, 123, 128, 135,
144–50, 163, 199, 205, 206,
209, 213
St. Catharines Journal, 146
St. Gabriel Street Free Church
(Montreal), 173
St. George’s Inn (Montreal), 169
St. George’s Square (Oakville), 124
St. James’ Cathedral (Toronto), 129–
31, 133, 134
St. John’s Lodge No. 9 (Chatham), 78
St. Lawrence Hall (Toronto), 88, 126
St. Lawrence Market (Toronto), 129
St. Paul’s AME Church (Hamilton)
(see also Stewart Memorial
Church), 115, 118, 121, 235, 245
St. Paul’s Anglican (Episcopal) Church:
Halifax, 253
Hamilton, 86
London, 96, 97, 98, 241
St. Philip’s AME Church (Saint John),
183
St. Thomas, Ontario, 98
St. Thomas Church (Hamilton), 116
St. Thomas United Baptist Church
(North Preston), 253
St. Vincent, West Indies, 40, 231
Star of Calanthe, 200
Stark, Emma, 195
Steven, Nelson, 114, 244
Steven’s Lodge of Oddfellows, 54
Stewart, Pricilla, 195
Stewart Memorial Church, (see also St.
Paul’s AME Church), 118
Stone Barracks (Sandwich), 9, 56, 57,
235
Strachan, Archdeacon John, 129
Strictly Rhythm Hip Hop, 222
Stuart, Captain Charles, 19, 48, 232
Summerville, Ontario, 103
Summerville School (Wilberforce), 94
Sunset Point Park (Georgian Bay),
159, 162
Sunter, George, 110
Supremes, 66
Tanner, Jonathan “John,” 112
Taylor, Dan, 182
Taylor, George, 54
Taylor, Lindsay, 76
Taylor, Thomas, 100
Tecumseh Park (Chatham), 76, 77, 82,
84–86, 210, 230
Telford, W.P., 154
Temperance Island (Conestogo River),
157
Temperance Society:
Hawkesville, 157
St. Catharines, 209
Windsor, 61
Temptations, 66
Thayendinaga (see Joseph Brant)
Thomas, Isaac, 147
Thomas, John, 108
Thompson, Pastor E.E., 210
Thompson, W., 13
Toronto, Ontario, 9, 12, 18–20,
40, 43, 56, 57, 65, 72, 78, 88,
98–100, 110, 112, 115, 118–21,
123–43, 148, 149, 158, 200,
201, 213, 221, 227, 241–42,
246–47, 249
Toronto Abolition Society, 129, 130
Toronto Emancipation Committee
(TEC), 136, 137, 140
Toronto Globe, 127
Toronto Negro Band, 142
Toronto Negro Colour Veterans
Association, 138, 140, 141
Toronto Negro Women’s Club, 138
Toronto Veterans Colour Guard, 138,
140
Transatlantic Slave Trade, 37, 38, 40,
41, 67, 188
Treaty of Paris (1760), 167
Trinidad, West Indies, 42, 43, 143, 223
Tri-Weekly Planet (Chatham), 80
True Band Society, 49, 75
Tubman, Harriet, 18, 28, 40, 144
Tuckett, George Elias, 120
Turner, Bishop Henry, 123
Turner, Nat, 40
Turner, Reverend Daniel A., 96, 241
Turner, William, 103
Turner AME Church (Oakville), 123,
245
Tuskegee College (Alabama), 65, 237
Tuskegee Veteran’s Administration
Hospital, 237
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site
(Dresden), 92–94, 221
Underground Railroad, 10, 18, 19, 28,
48, 49, 55, 57, 58, 60, 65, 73, 87,
95, 113, 122, 124, 125, 144, 151,
155, 159, 223, 240, 241, 248,
249, 251–52
Underground Railroad Celebration
Ride, 223
Union Army, 114, 171, 184, 244
Union Jack, 30, 100, 119, 132, 191
United Auto Workers-Congress of
International Unions (UAW-CIO),
68
Universal Negro Improvement
Association (UNIA), 138, 149,
172, 203, 213, 221
University of Guelph, 126
University of Waterloo, 58
Van Bommel, MPP Maria, 257
Van Patter, Peter, 104
Vancouver, British Columbia, 187, 214
Vancouver Island, 20, 96, 185, 188,
189, 192, 194, 255
Vesey, Denmark, 40
Victoria, British Columbia, 20, 96–98,
188, 190, 192, 193, 206, 255
Victoria, Queen, 33, 64, 118, 130,
131, 226
Victoria Chapel (BME Church,
Chatham), 74, 78
Victoria Company No. 3 (Chatham),
239
Victoria Hall (Toronto), 134
Victoria Lodge (Toronto), 134
Victoria Memorial Park (Toronto),
138, 139, 141, 142
Victoria Park:
Hamilton, 119
London, 98, 241
Oakville, 123
Victoria Pioneer Rifle Company
(African Rifles), 190, 192
Victoria Public School (Collingwood),
159
Victoria Square (Montreal), 170
Victoria Square (Toronto), 140
Victorian Reform Benevolent Society
(Chatham), 75, 77
Virginia, Ontario (see Ceylon)
Virginia, State of, 40, 181, 233, 238,
244, 245, 248, 251, 252
Voice of the Fugitive, 9, 19, 56, 57, 61,
64
Wallenstein, Ontario, 156–58
Walls, Bryan, 94, 242
Walls, John Freeman, 94
War of 1812, 10, 32, 48, 94, 138, 140,
143, 173, 180, 235, 243, 253
Ward, Robert, 61
Ward, Samuel Ringgold, 9, 19, 57, 95,
127, 236
Washington, George B., 245
Waterloo, County of, 156–57
Waterloo, Ontario, 156
Waterloo Park, 158
Watkins, John, 171, 172
Watkins, William J., 148
Watt, Charles, 80
Weaver, Henry, 85
Welland Canal, 145, 248
Wellesley (flagship), 177
Wellington, County of, 156
Wells, George Dupont, 131, 132
West Africa, Africa, 37, 38, 76, 177,
178, 180, 188, 223, 246
Western Fair (London), 99
Whetsel, Robert, 181, 183
Whipper, William, 89, 239
White, Henry, 55
White, Professor ___, 104
Whitfield, Amani Harvey, 174, 252,
253
Whitley, Stephen, 195
Whitney, Charles, 112
Wilberforce, William, 40, 106
Wilberforce Educational Institute
(Chatham), 74
Wilberforce Settlement (Middlesex
County), 94, 98
Wilkes, Reverend Henry, 170
Willow Grove, New Brunswick, 180
Willow Grove Baptist Church, 183
Wilson, Captain Robert, 122, 123
Wilson, Carolyn, 160
Wilson, Charles, 172
Wilson, Hiram, 241
Wily, Thomas, 169
Windsor, Ontario, 9, 13, 14, 18, 19,
30, 32, 36, 49, 51, 52, 54, 55,
57–73, 77, 78, 81, 90, 94, 95, 99,
128, 136, 163, 200–03, 206, 210–
12, 219, 221, 236, 237, 251, 256
Windsor Council of Elders and
Emancipation Planning
Committee, 72, 221
Windsor Evening Record, 58
Winks, Robin, 91
Wintermeyer, John, 139
Women of the Eastern Star, 100
Wonder, Stevie, 66
Woodland Cultural Centre (Six
Nations), 110
Woodstock, Ontario, 98, 103–06, 112
Woolwich Township (Waterloo
County), 157, 244
Wright, Cecile, 136
Wright, Samuel, 108
Yonge Street Wharf (Toronto), 131
York (see Toronto)
York, County of, 126
York County Militia, 183
Young Men’s Christian Association
(YMCA), 62, 170–72, 252
Zion Baptist Church (Niagara), 145