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'The Wilberforce Settlement'

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Although Canada‘s history is not without its dark areas, numerous Canadians are proud of the truth that the country was at least first opposed to the apprehension of slavery well before our neighbours to the southWhile it is for certain rate commemorative the gospel that we embraced the notion of all people being equal as far as autonomy is concerned at an earlier time in our history than others, our country is as a matter of course not free from the eyesore of slavery.

That being said, Canadians and several Canadian communities can take pride in the contributions that the country productive of towards helping out those in bondage in the United States. The most noted of these groups was the Society of Friends, also known as Quakers. In this article, we will take a look at the very first community to be established in Canada as a asylum for runaway slaves, in what is now Lucan, Ontario.

The Quakers

It is well price noting whenever slavery is considered that there were several groups in the United States and in other English based countries who were opposed to slavery from their very formation. It was there that they sent a group of over 200 free slaves.

The “Slaves”

As a point of fact, the group that prolific its way to the Lucan area were not in verity slaves at all; they were free men and women from the Ohio area. This was a religious group that held slavery to be an abomination against the basic rights of men and women as tributary by God.

In 1829, the Quakers purchased a parcel of land in the vicinity of what, today, is Lucan. They their new home the Wilberforce Settlement.

Although everyone had the best of intentions, the largely rural population of the settlement did not take well to the harsh conditions and today the town has a population of largely Irish heritage.

The Namesake

The settlement took its name from William Wilberforce. Due to the Black Codes however, they were in danger of being enslaved again and thus fled more than 500 miles from their homeland. During most of his tenure in government, both as antagonism and in the majority party, he fought to end the subjection trade in Britain and all its colonies.

"..... Wilberforce was a gifted speaker who was a part of British electioneering for myriad years. Wilberforce was a gifted speaker who was a part of British electioneering for myriad years...."
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