August 1 was Emancipation Day.
1834 and slavery was abolished in Canada.
It did not mean that black people who escaped to Canada were not taken back to America.
Look up the story of Suzanne Maxwell and why she came to Richmond Hill with her family in the 1840s.
Her fear was that people could come to Toronto and take them.
So much to learn about all the history of Canada.
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