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Slavery and freedom: Black hi i “ & avery and freedom: Black history in Northumberland _ > B guh’é ;6"36 C44Pâ€"0R1CLE£ Americas early in the 1600s. + _ snipamilcaonraarrirarare Trar ~*** * . j c nacrd j U Y avisy B42%)S Huge profits were made from the slave .| k : J uk l ’g,w ryoung@nedhumberandtoday.com trade during an era of passion for profits, |â€" W ! § â€"/ i 6 yc .& | With _ March â€"_blustering _ into regardless of human cost and cruelty. ‘»""4 in ol S fike .* .. * hies * .. ‘Northumberland, the Cobours Daily Star Approximately 1.5â€"million Africans _ [ [@M@I, _ . yut i dn /A "says goodbye to February and Black were brought to North America in all, as a«; | â€" History Month in Canada. Although it may the need for unpaid labour increased when K . ts . . e mdic N) i be unknown to some, there is storied absentee owners demanded plantation roo ww .. j , *A connection in Northumberland. as Port managers increase profits. . â€" ind i ns & P#F ~ _ _ _ es h Hope resident Larry Hall tells it. 8 When the slave population began to |__ | B M e uaky n ovtong ;?zmx c us > 42e «/ For years the retired journalist and â€" exceed the white population in some areas, . | Wia$ i | | ns â€" en e O o P e o aaiaroaal former town councillor has tracked the | particularly the Carolinas, draconian laws aid | k .0 W Tt tE n imrmnbins lssn td mm ies Acnga history of blacks in North America and â€" were put in place to prevent any uprising hok ME beroaghs 0 m â€" ( specifically the history of his family‘s time â€" against slave owners. ue k Ts \ ~ s 2 l in Ihe'CO,ntiHEHii s â€" It was at this time â€" Â¥ \3\ is & . 2 ’%’i P .. .3 j which dates we o o T F that, Canada â€" . or te BP k s PB 00 T tugs ns ol We .. back to the 1700s. l f‘figfi{;’;@i@;# â€" neg g British North America . 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America, . laws supporting slave M copies "of | 6 * _ wyap WMBDMAWM slavery . was _ not Any dispute bet. e owners, reached them and townships were documents. “ [ m auppeepepcridye institutionalized," Mr. â€" owner was betweenwt%en a slave and their | established. The extensive 4"‘5 f :j‘ff‘-‘;-v;;'"""#w-’.;""'%' % * Hall said. for the.court to decid ehvomeople inss ‘Theigovernment asked the farmihies (0" contents don‘t all f »&%p.};‘,”f‘fi ;g'* ;fi pimASded "It was not a "That really frl e(i _ ___â€" _ a nominal amount to own the land," Mr. dertaih to | his ufifi";“’{{:.w. rimtentoerert B structure of law. It was province of QuEbeCe’(’iMevery slave in the â€" Hall said. § f j .fami];y’s history,. Ek arl "..'.;‘ f f BRAM a practice in some Things were { ir. Ha]l said. "It wasn‘t unfair, but the families had he admits, as he. IMMAat i 4 i7 4 M places, but it was notâ€" around that perioedgm““?g to change absolutely no money. 1 . léafs through the ;Ԥ.~‘ h k‘ Jfi?f E) backed up by law." Canada under the tenof time in Upper "They ha},d to abandon their homes and 4 pages looking for eaesilcst d d § _ Roushly 3,000 slaves . Gov. John Graves Simogs _ who in the _ T is pele i particular : ~ Saccompanied the â€" early 17908 introdu mcoe â€" who in the It is believed a small black settlement of speeches and . Proto ay Teo AversN . United Empire.â€" passed at Nia ced a bill eventually a handful of families occupied land in the " copies of Port Hope resident Larry Hall, a local Loyalists when they â€" slave own garaâ€"Onâ€"Theâ€"Lake, saying . northern part of Haldimand township as h j s t o r i c a 1 Genealogist and historian, has studied seftled in southern . not the Chfiaiecr;)gtldlkeep their slaves, but well, Mr. Hall said. But since they could dbcuments. extensively the black history of this region. Ontario. Swhile it an Faves. | 4 3 not read or write, there is no written ts [A 1(111 t abolish slavery, it . record of them being there. P Not . knowing Realizing there was . weakened it considerably." j i e'xé ctly where to no law backing the .. The results of thigawgfp Mr‘dHa’gllsaldli 7 h'MuCh O\Eltllli bfia%k popglatlon n oc begin, he starts at the beginning. . ownership of slavery, many slaves simply . when black families beg’aivésiglbhoca. ya. 1 is area, Mr. Hall 0 served. j sat C . . f 3 shing There‘s no evidence of these old /« "Why is the black person so different in walked away when brought» into the businesses in the Cobourg area, he said families," he said. "Many interâ€"married | North America than everybody else?" Mr... country with the Loyalists, Mr. Hall said. Some became barbers soine becéme (with Whites> R Â¥ â€"marrie Hall asks rhetorically. MJ f 1 One of those slaves who walked away . hotel proprietors and others operated "Then someifamilies brought down the There are three types of citizens in this . was a woman. named Jude, who coach companies. curtain on the fact there ever was black continent, he said. accompanied Elias Smith, one of Port "They brought with them nearly all the: ancestry." . D ‘There are natives, who were here first; â€" Hope‘s founders, into Quéebec during the skills necessary for the society we had," In some parts of Ontario, old tombstones | there are BEuropeans who came herevon early 1790s. & Mr. _Hall said. "A few descendants of those linking black and white families have their own terms for various reasons; and The ensuing events would prove to be . families are still in our area." disappeared, though Mr. Hall says that is then there are the Black Africans, who . monumental, s Their businesses functioned well into â€" not evident in this region. were brought/here as slaves. Smith, an Empire Loyalist and New the 1800s, spanning a couple: of His expertise has led him to lecture at .SFOne group came here that didn‘t want â€" York merchant, brought with him slaves â€" generations, he said. local schools, churches and historical | tb come â€" Black Africans," he said. "They _ into Montreal. j The reason those families ran their own . societies. It has made him subject of a halfâ€" | didn‘t even know these land masses existed "Jude barely set foot in Montreal and . businesses? + hour documentary about his search for his / across the otean." she walked away," Mr. Hall described. "People didn‘t want to hire them,"â€"Mr. . families past. J â€"‘ Slavery, of course, dates back to biblical "Smith had her arrested and jailed. But â€" Hall said. "I have a great deal of genuine interest ; ; } times, Mr/ Hall notes, "But there‘s an she was quickly released on a writ. Smith Some moved to the city, some ran their _ in this, even though this history doesn‘t || element of respect in the bible that seems insisted she be brought to trial." businesses, and others cleared a spot in the â€" really touch on local families," Mr. Hall | to be lost." But the judge would have none of it, â€" bushes to run modest farms. said. "There is some history here, but little i | @ ‘The first Black Africans landed in the noting that the country did not possess There they stayed until surveyors as compared to some.areas." 4 [ 7P ( B i a 4 [ |