Lost gravestones of freedom-seekers unearthed in St. Catharines cemetery

Question

• Purdon, Nick; Palleja, Leonardo, "Lost gravestones of freedom-seekers unearthed in St. Catharines cemetery." CBC News, June 3, 2023.

Answer 1

Wow! Thanks for sharing Greg!

Answer 2

Great story! Thanks for sharing. For more on the subject:

Daniel Grafton Hill III, one of our African-American-Canadian notables, wrote a book: “The Freedom-Seekers: Blacks In Early Canada”, 1981 (Reference Code: 301.45196071 H54, Archives of Ontario Library)  The Archives of Ontario website explains:

"Although other scholars had already written about the history of Blacks in Canada, Daniel Hill became the first person in the country to write a popular history on the subject. The book found a broad readership, and remained in print for 21 years until its final publisher, Stoddart Publishing Company, went bankrupt in 2002. Sadly, The Freedom Seekers disappeared with its publisher, although it remains available in Canadian libraries."

Answer 3

I just visited this cemetery in May because my partner's parents are buried there. It is an extremely historic cemetery in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

I also recommend visiting the Salem Chapel British Methodist Episcopal church in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It was started by Harriet Tubman over 165 years ago when she moved there. Here is a link to this church: http://salemchapelbmechurch.ca/index.html

Answer 4

this notable woman is mentioned in the story

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shadd-3

and her sister’s gravestone is one they found,

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shadd-28

her bio could be improved 

Comments

Thank you for finding those, S. I looked, but couldn't narrow the hits to the right one.

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impressed with my memory that I had worked on the sister profile in Dec 2018 (you worked on it in Oct 2018). just knew the name and what she had done, and what category I had put her in.