Chatham, Canada West (Ontario)

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Record Data

Place Unit Type

City or Town

Containing Unit

Kent County, Canada West (Ontario)

Events

Date		Type
05/08/1858	At the Chatham Convention in Ontario, John Brown sets up his Provisional Constitution	Legal/Political
04/30/1858	John Brown arrives in Chatham, Ontario for a series of secret meetings	Legal/Political

People

Documents

Date	Title
11/23/1857	Washington (DC) National Era, “Colored Population of Canada,” November 26, 1857
04/23/1859	Ripley (OH) Bee, “Negroes in Canada,” April 23, 1859
11/18/1859	Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “Crime Among Fugitive Negroes,” November 18, 1859
01/05/1860	New York Herald, “The Runaway Slaves,” January 5, 1860
01/20/1860	New York Herald, “Trouble Among the Canadian Negroes,” January 20, 1860
01/30/1860	Savannah (GA) News,“The Negro Riots in Canada,” January 30, 1860
02/01/1860	Boston (MA) Herald, "Where Shall They Go?," February 1, 1860
05/02/1860	Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Depot of the Underground Railroad in Detroit," May 2, 1860

Images

Kent County, Canada West (Ontario), 1857

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