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Breaking Chains : Thornton and Lucie Blackburn's Journey from Enslavement to Freedom
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Breaking Chains : Thornton and Lucie Blackburn's Journey from Enslavement to Freedom
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Thornton and Lucie Blackburn were freedom seekers who fled enslavement in Kentucky and established the first taxi business in Upper Canada.
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Authors
Historica Canada
Subjects
Blackburn, Thornton--Biography
Blackburn, Lucie--Biography
Blacks--Canada--History.
Fugitive slaves--Ontario--Toronto--History--19th century.
Underground Railroad.
Closed captioning.
Toronto (Ont.)--History.
African Heritage
Social Studies, History, Grade 7: Canada, 1800-1850: Conflict and Challenges
Language
English