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T l;"‘!i",f\.‘;NA;%’;.:‘;;&‘;;;;z--f.";i;.f"fi,fl:,’,ifi'?;, °2. ‘w“;&;“« es t n onl d is s j The stone was sponsored by “e,*»,&;’i;fiff’“"fl‘i' ie d uo. e t t en fls * a several Grafton families: Lloyd _| & ,_ / #" g a [ _ f ”“Jf"}fxgaf / ~ _# . 1j L. #u 1441 ~ My & | and Ina Spence, Jeannette | _ 4/ ie e op _“"zk:; §§ P 24 3 6 _ \.JT' s flns Mévories oP Axbbinmxy: Tones, Lynnette Stoby and her [ " $s PsY t t 0 s Ne l Aue Nee 09 t SL ppmmeng" uy j late husband Vern, and Faith 291;_,‘fcge’:';'\_'Iv_“""\ji‘;‘:!"'”;“[.’:g:”l_":’;;:;.:";,:" 52t )_’ M in eradoesy n en ie +o l ,;%;fi‘s;, ) W~ ut and Alwin Campbell. e i ty e . e t ie t r en on n .. Ni wl sys Te Thay oped io oo um io e t e e ot i. e _i | j . Eaberic .: f : slaved man" rather than "slave;" L inmwee O EL LC EDL OLE DL O LLCaC EOc . smm ns ces hnsd e i sttR 7~\‘ <,}£§ i to restore some dignity to a man â€" CECILIA NASMITH Northumberland Tod?y 8i ks o ".â€" ’géa who lived in times that renâ€" _ This paver stone honouring Tom, the last enslaved man sold in Grafton, was donated to the Grafton 9 0. irces...... ts i dered him voiceless and invisiâ€" _ Heritage Park by several local families who want to ensure he is not forgotten. ? e | emutetnpnigety. a ble, Faith Campbell said in a reâ€" 4 J ul SAB ; ffi\ cent interview on the occasion _ the slaves of Upper Canada, but _ daughters born to slave women . and, as his masters, the Bells ks > ... a f& of Black History, Month. â€" _ it did provide that all slave chilâ€" _ and their masters. Despite their _ would have the right to rent out .. a a ie . n c KiQ .. ols ~Tom is not here to put his _ dren be freed upon their 25th â€" paternity, mulatto children reâ€" _ these skills and pocket the proâ€" R S lieite. . l _ name there, but we are here. We . birthdays. mained in slavery. .. ceeds for the 10 years they mss tie< s & are Tom‘s representatives," As Walker pointed out, howâ€" ‘Tom was sold by the Eli Keelâ€" _ would own him. in 0 ‘?;“‘&\ Campbell said. : ever, this meant Canadian â€" er family (who had a modest At any rate, nine years after B es ~"0 They learned about Tom â€" slaves now had to give away â€" Haldimand Township farm) to a â€" Bell purchased Tom, he died. : .?_«.,’% through the chapter on slavery _ their most productive working â€" distinguished Hastings County This would have resulted in â€" Cooch contributed by Cobourg historiâ€" _ years and the many children _ gentleman named William Bell. _ Tom‘s freedom, had not slavery CECILIA NASMITH Northumberland Today an Karen Walker to the Memoâ€" _ likely to be born to women unâ€" _ As a 66â€"yearâ€"old man with a 52â€" © been abolished throughout the _ Grafton resident and author Faith Campbell displays the history book ries of Haldimand Township: . der the age of 25. yearâ€"old wife, Bell may have _ British Empire that same year. _ where she found the story of Tom, the last enslaved man sold in When The Lakes Roared history At any rate, over the next two _ wanted help around the house Losing her voice recently for _ Grafton. book. i s decades, society came to disapâ€" _ â€" and he likely learned Tom . several weeks, Campbell disâ€" A 6 It was the spring of 1824, â€" prove of the institution on its â€" was for sale from his daughter â€" covered what it was like to be Mnoldinit : Mop en y Walker wrote, when a 14â€"yearâ€" _ own. It had become a rarity by _ Amelia who, with husbandglohn unable to express a thought or Il’tlwslblhly;ndl;rolcelessness .A ge';fle 1 jfu?;lcmushd?.% old boy named Tom was sold â€" 1820. Hogaboom, ran an inn in state an opinion. It‘s not far are Iwolnalds Do coime (5 _ PB SLsCE o C flbl lsl for $75 in Haldimand Township _ A copy of Tom‘s assignment â€" Grafton. from there to a feeling of invisiâ€" mind, and the risk it takes to tell . that allow one to, as Campbe â€" not only the last enslaved â€" (or agreement of sale) that surâ€" _ Tom‘s $75 price was probably _ bility, she said, and she found it people the stories," Campbell put it, continue to play the _ man sold in Grafton, but one of vived said Tom had been born â€" high, since a modest log house . easier to imagine what people summed up. ; game is the only way to move the last sold in Canada‘sâ€" 200â€" _ in Upper Canada in 1809. His _ could be built in those days for _ in Tom‘s predicament may have To an extent, she said, many . beyond the constraints. year history of slavery. mother, whose name was unâ€" _ $40. Walker suspects he was of _ felt. black people still feel they must We owe it to ourselves not to The slave trade grew freely in _ known, arrived in Upper Canaâ€" _ such value because slaves were She has seen a more modern. :live on constrained terms, just dance around life," she said. Upper Canada until July 1793, _ da prior to the 1793 law. Tom‘s _ becoming scarce. But she also _ example recently in the film The "You still have to be on pins w when legislation was enacted _ assignment records him as a _ expects he was a good investâ€" â€" Help, which portrays the lot of and needles. You have to try not . crasmith 3 that would be a first step toward . mulatto, which means he was â€" ment for Bell. Tom had been â€" black working women in Southâ€" â€" to offend. You meet, greet, eat _ @northumberlandtoday.com ; f abolition. It did not emancipate . likely one of the many sons and learning a trade under Keeler _ ern homes in the 1950s. and leave," she said. 1 ~ > twitter.com/NT_cnasmith R a oo :