Tour participants at St. Lawrence Hall, Being Black on King, July 22, 2023. Image by Johnny Wu.
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Resource ID
10903
Access
Open
Credit Line
Image by Johnny Wu
Date of Creation
22 July 2023
People Depicted
Faith Ebanks (tour leader)
Program Category
Tours
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Johnny Wu
Caption
Tour participants at St. Lawrence Hall, Being Black on King, July 22, 2023. Image by Johnny Wu.
Description
Tour participants learn how during the 19th century, St. Lawrence Hall was an important place for meetings on the abolition of slavery. On September 11, 1851, the North American Convention of Colored Freemen was held here, organized by Henry Bibb and James Theodore Holly, who encouraged Black immigration to Canada to escape the reach of the 1950 Fugitive Slave Act.
This act allowed those who had escaped enslavement in the free Northern states to be captured and returned to the Southern states. It was not revoked until 1864, and during this time, about 20,000 Black people settled in Canada, resulting in a 50% increase in the community's population.