Slavery in Canada
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Slavery in Canada includes historical practices of enslavement practised both by the First Nations until the latter half of the 19th century, and by colonists during the period of European colonizatio
Advertisement for the sale of two enslaved people in the Upper Canada Gazette, 10 February 1806
Code Noir of 1742, Nantes history museum
An Act to Prevent the further Introduction of Slaves and to limit the Term of Contracts for Servitude within this Province, Parliament of Upper Canada, 1793
Monument to abolitionist James Drummond MacGregor – helped free Black Nova Scotian slaves
John Graves Simcoe
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Lieutenant-General John Graves Simcoe was a British army officer, politician, and colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of Upper Canada from 1791 to '96. He founded York, the pr
Slavery in Canada
…resistance was witnessed by Peter Martin and William Grisely. Peter Martin, a former slave, brought the incident to the attention of Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe. Under the auspices of Simcoe, the Act Against Slavery of 1793 was legislated. The elected members of the executive council, many of whom were merchants…
Portrait by George Theodore Berthon
A memorial to Simcoe in Exeter Cathedral
The 1903 unveiling of the statue of John Graves Simcoe at Queen's Park in Toronto
Statue of John Graves Simcoe first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada by Walter Seymour Allward 1903 Queen's Park (Toronto)