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From Immigrant to Establishment a Black Family’S Journey Hilary J Document generated on 09/26/2021 8:51 p.m. Ontario History From Immigrant to Establishment A Black Family’s Journey Hilary J. Dawson Forging Freedom: In Honour of the Bicentenary of the British Article abstract Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade This is the remarkable story of a Black family who came to Toronto in the Volume 99, Number 1, Spring 2007 1830s, escaping from bondage and racism in the United States. The Lafferty family achieved levels of education and professional prominence that could URI: https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1065795ar only be dreamed of by free Blacks south of the border. One of their sons in DOI: https://doi.org/10.7202/1065795ar particular – Alfred Lafferty, born in Toronto in 1839 – would rise to the position of principal of several grammar schools in different parts of the province, and become the first Black lawyer in Chatham, Ontario. His personal See table of contents history provides a fascinating illustration of race and class in nineteenth-century Ontario. It demonstrates one family’s accommodation to the restrictions imposed by Canada’s unspoken prejudice against people of Publisher(s) colour. The Ontario Historical Society ISSN 0030-2953 (print) 2371-4654 (digital) Explore this journal Cite this article Dawson, H. J. (2007). From Immigrant to Establishment: A Black Family’s Journey. Ontario History, 99(1), 31–43. https://doi.org/10.7202/1065795ar Copyright © The Ontario Historical Society, 2007 This document is protected by copyright law. Use of the services of Érudit (including reproduction) is subject to its terms and conditions, which can be viewed online. https://apropos.erudit.org/en/users/policy-on-use/ This article is disseminated and preserved by Érudit. Érudit is a non-profit inter-university consortium of the Université de Montréal, Université Laval, and the Université du Québec à Montréal. Its mission is to promote and disseminate research. https://www.erudit.org/en/ 1 From Immigrant to Establishment a Black Family’s Journey by Hilary J. Dawson his is the remarkable story of a Black noted the success of Alfred Lafferty’s fa- Tfamily who came to Toronto in the ther, William: “Some [Blacks] brought a 1830s, escaping from bondage and rac- little capital with them, as the Rosses, Sey, ism in the United States. The Lafferty Wardell, Hickman, etc...The generallity family achieved levels of education and [sic], however, came penniless to Cana- professional prominence that could only da. Among these, Lafferty, a carter, now be dreamed of by free Blacks south of the owning several houses in King Street.”1 border. One of their sons in particular – William Lafferty was about twenty Alfred Lafferty, born in Toronto in 1839 when he left the United States. Wheth- – would rise to the position of principal er he escaped slavery, or was propelled of several grammar schools in different north by the Black Codes (restrictive and parts of the province, and become the demeaning laws regulating the actions of first Black lawyer in Chatham, Ontario. free Blacks) is not known. He arrived in His personal history provides a fascinat- Canada in the middle of August 1830, ing illustration of race and class in nine- when William IV was being proclaimed teenth-century Ontario. It demonstrates King. With choruses of “God Save the one family’s accommodation to the re- King” and “Rule Britannia” breaking out strictions imposed by Canada’s unspoken spontaneously across the province, he prejudice against people of colour. must have felt warmly welcomed to the protection of the British Crown. n his Report on the Toronto Negroes, William settled in the Town of York, Iproduced for the Governor General in which, by 1830, had grown beyond a gar- 1841, Edward de St. Remy described the rison town in the wilderness. Tired of the lot of Toronto’s Black community, and accumulating filth and disease of “Old 1 Library and Archives Canada (hereafter cited as LAC), RG 7 G14 Vol.15 Lt-Gov. Correspondence U.C. 1835-1841 - E. de St. Remy, Report on the Toronto Negroes for Lord Sydenham, dated 5 Apr 1841. Ontario History / Volume XCIX, Number 1 / Spring 2007 2 ONTARIO HISTORY sions. The harbour was busy with new- Abstract ly arrived immigrants, and the wharves This is the remarkable story of a Black family who were crammed with carters jostling one came to Toronto in the 1830s, escaping from bondage and racism in the United States. The Lafferty family another as they competed to carry pas- achieved levels of education and professional promi- sengers’ belongings, or unloaded the nence that could only be dreamed of by free Blacks latest imports. There were plenty of south of the border. One of their sons in particular – opportunities for skilled and unskilled Alfred Lafferty, born in Toronto in 1839 – would rise labourers. to the position of principal of several grammar schools in different parts of the province, and become the first At first William worked as a la- Black lawyer in Chatham, Ontario. His personal his- bourer, then as a carter, carrying loads tory provides a fascinating illustration of race and class from the wharves, the market, and in nineteenth-century Ontario. It demonstrates one building sites. A carter’s license was family’s accommodation to the restrictions imposed by Canada’s unspoken prejudice against people of colour. valid for one year and cost £1.5 (one pound, five shillings).2 From 1834 on, Résumé: �����������������������������������������������Cet article relate l’histoire exceptionnelle de carrying water to extinguish Toronto’s William et Sarah Lafferty qui arrivèrent à Toronto vers 1830, fuyant le racisme et l’esclavage aux Etats- frequent fires was added to carters’ du- Unis. Le niveau d’éducation et le statut professionnel ties – William was paid two shillings que connut leur famille ne pouvaient que relever du for carting water to put out a fire on rêve pour les Noirs affranchis au sud de la frontière. John Street on 2 June 1835.3 Duties Un de leurs fils en particulier, Alfred Lafferty, né were further expanded when the Board à Toronto en 1839, devint directeur de plusieurs écoles secondaires disséminées dans la province, et of Health requested that carters be em- fut le premier avocat noir à Chatham en Ontario. ployed as “scavengers” to remove the Son parcours est un exemple fascinant de l’histoire waste strewn about the streets. des races et classes sociales dans l’Ontario du dix- On 14 April 1833, William Laf- neuvième siècle, et montre comment une famille dut s’accommoder des restrictions que les préjugés cana- ferty and Sarah Cloud (both described diens imposaient tacitement aux gens de couleur. in the marriage register as “of Colour”) were married by the Rev. John Barry in the wooden chapel of the Wesleyan Town” (six hundred died in the cholera Methodist Society on George Street.4 epidemic of 1833-34, a result of the prox- Like most Canadian settlers, William imity of wells and outhouses, as well as was drawn to real estate. Owning prop- the habit of upstream farmers dumping erty was an expression of independence dead stock into the waters of the Don and freedom for all immigrants, weather River), wealthier families were moving it was the roof over their heads, or, for the north and west, and building grand man- wealthy, owning hundreds of acres more 2 Archives of Ontario (hereafter cited as AO),Upper Canada Gazette, June 11, 1835, “An Act To Li- cence and Regulate the Duties and Charges of Common Carriers in the City of Toronto.” Microfilm N31 3 Correspondent & Advocate (Toronto, 18 May 1836). 4,AO, RG 80, Home District Marriage Register, Vol. 10, 1831- 40, microfilm MS248 reel 2, 112. from mmgrant to establshment Detail of a plan of the city of Toronto published by James Bain, 1871. City of Toronto Archvies, MT 00110-2. land than relatives back in Britain. The quired “free persons of colour” to carry pioneer houses of the Old Town were of papers to prove they were not slaves.) In little interest to the bigger players, who 1837 their second son, John, was born, were looking beyond the city boundaries. and two years later their third, Alfred A number of the small older properties Mitchell. By that time, tax assessments were available for sale, and four years show, the Laffertys owned two horses and after he arrived in Canada, William Laf- two milch (dairy) cows. They also had ferty purchased a frame house for his new bought an adjacent house on Stewart’s family, on Stewart’s Lane (later renamed Lane, which they rented to a chair maker Francis Street), just east of St. James’ named John Butters, and then to John churchyard. It was not a salubrious area, Flanigan, a gardener.6 but the house was affordable.5 William did well in the cartage busi- When William and Sarah’s first son, ness. Soon he acquired a building lot on William Dennis Lafferty, was born in King Street just east of town, in the “Lib- 1834, they must have been overjoyed to erties,” the area set aside for Toronto’s in- know that he would never suffer the hor- evitable expansion to the Don River. The rors of slavery, nor would he ever have to three properties were valued at £230. prove he was a free man. (Many states re- It would have taken sixty cart-loads at 5 City of Toronto Archives (hereafter cited as CTA), RSI 001310 Roll 1, Tax Assessment Rolls: To- ronto 1834-38. 6 Ibid. ONTARIO HISTORY the regulated rate of 7½d (seven pence the right to vote, although William had ha’penny) per load for William to pay the already cast his ballot in the election of taxes on just one of these properties.
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