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There are currently 9 National Historic Persons, 11 National Historic Search Sites and 7 National Historic Events related to Canada’s Black community. Black History Portal National Historic Persons Introduction National Historic Designations Nova Scotia National Designations related to Black Reverend Richard Preston National Historic Person of Canada Canadian heritage On the Road North 1791-1861 Exhibit No plaque in place, recommended location -- Halifax, Nova Scotia Underground Date Designated: 2005 Railroad Plaque status: Not plaqued Mathieu Da Costa Leading figure in Nova Scotia's Black community in the first half of the Challenge 19th-century This Week in History related to Black Canadian Sam Langford National Historic Person of Canada Heritage 1886-1956 Pedagogical Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia Resources related Date Designated: 1987 to Black Canadian Plaque status: Plaqued in 1992 Heritage Professional boxer, fought 1902 to 1923 External Links Education Portia May White National Historic Person of Teacher Resource Canada Centre 1911-1968 Youth Zone Truro, Nova Scotia Date Designated: 1995 Flash Version Plaque status: Plaqued in 1997 Non-Flash Version Acclaimed vocalist from Black Nova Scotian community Portia White (1911-1968) Truro, Nova Scotia © Parks Canada
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Mary and Henry Bibb National Historic Persons of Canada 1820-1877 Windsor, Ontario Date Designated: 2002 Plaque status: Plaqued in 2005 Influenced the development of the African Canadian community through their newspaper, "Voice of the Fugitive"
Thornton and Lucie Blackburn National Historic Person of Canada Toronto, Ontario Date Designated: 1999 Plaque status: Plaqued in 2002 Legendary escapees from slavery who established first cab company in Toronto
Reverend Josiah Henson National Historic Person of Canada 1789-1883 Dresden, Ontario Date Designated: 1995 Plaque status: Plaqued in 1999 Community leader, Underground Railroad conductor, famous Black Canadian by virtue of his The Reverend Josiah Henson association with the main character in "Uncle (1789-1883) Tom's Cabin" Designated of national significance © Parks Canada Reverend William King National Historic Person of Canada 1812-95 No Plaque in place, recommended location -- Buxton, Ontario Date Designated: 2005 Plaque status: Not plaqued His efforts brought him international acclaim and focused attention on the Abolition Movement in British North America
Mary Ann Shadd National Historic Person of Canada 1823-1893 Chatham, Ontario Date Designated: 1994 Plaque status: Plaqued in 2000 Newspaper editor and leader of Black Refugee Movement
Mary Ann Shadd Cary © National Achives of Canada (C- 029977)
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Harriet Tubman National Historic Person of Canada 1820-1913 No Plaque in place, recommended location -- St. Catharines, Ontario Date Designated: 2005 Plaque status: Not plaqued Courageously led many refugees from American slavery to safety; became the public face of the Underground Railroad in British North America
National Historic Events
Alberta
Black Pioneer Immigration to Alberta and Saskatchewan Date Designated: Pending Plaque status: Not yet plaqued
British Columbia
Black Pioneers in British Columbia National Historic Event of Canada Saanichton, British Columbia Date Designated: 1997 Plaque status: Plaqued in 2000 Influenced the founding and history of British Columbia; impact on religious, military and social institutions
Nova Scotia
Black Loyalist Experience National Historic Event of Canada Birchtown, Nova Scotia Date Designated: 1993 Plaque status: Plaqued in 1996 Commemorates Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
Nº 2 Construction Battalion, C. E. F. National Historic Event of Canada Pictou, Nova Scotia Date Designated: 1992 Plaque status: Plaqued in 1993 Contribution of Blacks to Canadian effort World War I
Ontario
Abolition Movement in British North America National Historic Event of Canada Date Designated: 2004 Plaque status: No plaque in place, recommended location is Chatham, Ontario
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Struggle to abolish slavery in British North America between 1783 and 1860
Upper Canadian Act of 1793 Against Slavery National Historic Event of Canada Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Date Designated: 1992 Plaque status: Plaqued in 1993 First legislation in the British Empire against slavery
Underground Railroad National Historic Event of Canada Windsor, Ontario Date Designated: 1925 Plaque status: Plaqued in 1928/2001 Canada as a haven for refugee slaves, 1850-65
Quebec
Black Railway Porters and their Union Activity National Historic Event of Canada Montréal, Quebec Date Designated: 1994 Plaque status: Plaqued in 1999 With unions, workers achieve better labour relations and human rights
Saskatchewan
Black Pioneer Immigration to Alberta and Saskatchewan Date Designated: Pending Plaque status: Not yet plaqued
National Historic Sites
Nova Scotia
Africville National Historic Site of Canada Halifax, Nova Scotia Date Designated: 1996 Plaque status: Plaqued in 2002 Community representative of Black settlement in Nova Scotia; an enduring symbol to Black Canadians
Ontario
Salem Chapel, British Methodist Episcopal Church National Historic Site of Canada The St. Catharines St. Catharines, Ontario BME Church (better known as Salem Date Designated: 2000 Chapel) has strong Plaque status: Plaqued in 2002 associations with the famous Underground
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Focus of abolitionist activity and associated with Railroad conductor famous Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Harriet Tubman. Tubman, 1851-55 © Parks Canada / 1998
Buxton Settlement National Historic Site of Canada Buxton, Ontario Date Designated: 1999 Plaque status: Plaqued in 1999 Farming community established by Underground Railroad refugees
Plan of the Elgin Settlement (now known as Buxton Settlement), 1866. © Ontario Archives. C279-0-0-0-3 George Brown House National Historic Site of Canada Toronto, Ontario Date Designated: 1976 Plaque status: Not plaqued Home of Canadian statesman George Brown; Second Empire style
Nazrey African Methodist Episcopal Church National Historic Site of Canada Amherstburg, Ontario Date Designated: 1999 Plaque status: Plaqued in 2000 Vernacular stone chapel associated with the The AME Nazrey Church in Underground Railroad and Bishop Willis Nazery; Amherstburg is 1848 now part of the North American Black Historical Museum. © Parks Canada / 1999 Oro African Methodist Episcopal Church National Historic Site of Canada Edgar, Ontario Date Designated: 2000 Plaque status: Plaqued in 2003 Last built remnant of African Canadian community uniquely rooted in the history of United Empire Loyalists
Osgoode Hall National Historic Site of Canada Toronto, Ontario Date Designated: 1979 Plaque status: Plaqued in 1984 Elegant seat of courts and law society, begun in 1829
R. Nathaniel Dett British Methodist Episcopal Church National Historic Site of Canada
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Niagara Falls, Ontario Date Designated: 2000 Plaque status: Plaqued in 2001 Illustrates the early Black settlement of the Niagara area, role of the church in assisting newly arrived Underground Railroad refugees, 1836 R. Nathaniel Dett British Methodist Episcopal Church (1836-1856), Niagara Falls, Ontario Designated a National Historic Site of Canada © Parks Canada Sandwich First Baptist Church National Historic Site of Canada Windsor, Ontario Date Designated: 2000 Plaque status: Plaqued in 2003 The centre of Church built to accommodate the growing Black local anti-slavery communities created by Underground Railroad activities during refugees, 1851 the mid- nineteenth century, the Sandwich First Baptist Church continues to be a focus of community self- help efforts. © Parks Canada / 1998 St. Lawrence Hall National Historic Site of Canada Toronto, Ontario Date Designated: 1967 Plaque status: Plaqued in 1969 Mid 19th-century Renaissance Revival social and cultural centre
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