In 1849, the Reverend William King and fifteen of his former slaves founded the Canadian settlement of Buxton on a 9,000-acre block of land in Ontario set aside for sale to blacks. Although initially opposed by some neighboring whites, their town grew steadily in population and stature with the backing of the Presbyterian Church of Canada and various philanthropies. A developed agricultural community that supported three schools, four churches, a hotel, and a post office.…
Author: Sharon A. Roger Hepburn · Original publisher: University of Illinois Press (Urbana), 2007 (ISBN 978-0-252-03183-0)
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