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Canada’s Slave Trade

Canada’s Slave Trade
The Underground Railroad Gateway to Freedom Monument is seen in Hart Plaza in Detroit, on June 30, 2011. AP Photo/Carlos Osorio
William Gairdner
William Gairdner
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Slavery? In Canada? How could it be? A little booklet called “Slavery and Freedom in Niagara,” by author Michael Power of Welland, Ontario, landed on my desk, and got me going on this subject. In school, we learn only that Canada-the-good served as a kind of Holy Land for persecuted slaves who escaped from a barbaric United States.

William Gairdner
William Gairdner
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William Gairdner is a best-selling author living near Toronto. His latest book is "Beyond the Rhetoric" (2021). His website is WilliamGairdner.ca, and on youtube.com/@William-Gairdner
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