Chatham, Canada West (Ontario)

Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Kent County, Canada West (Ontario)
Date Type
At the Chatham Convention in Ontario, John Brown sets up his Provisional Constitution Legal/Political
John Brown arrives in Chatham, Ontario for a series of secret meetings Legal/Political
Date Title
Washington (DC) National Era, “Colored Population of Canada,” November 26, 1857
Ripley (OH) Bee, “Negroes in Canada,” April 23, 1859
Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “Crime Among Fugitive Negroes,” November 18, 1859
New York Herald, “The Runaway Slaves,” January 5, 1860
New York Herald, “Trouble Among the Canadian Negroes,” January 20, 1860
Savannah (GA) News,“The Negro Riots in Canada,” January 30, 1860
Boston (MA) Herald, "Where Shall They Go?," February 1, 1860
Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Depot of the Underground Railroad in Detroit," May 2, 1860
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