This site reproduces the photos, drawings, original manuscripts, books, and maps used in in the 2001 exhibition commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada.
Although Canada prides itself on being a refuge for runaway slaves from the United States, there was a time in Canada when slavery was legal and accepted.
This exhibit from the Ontario Archives documents the lives of several people who were slaves in Canada. Note: you have to scroll to the bottom of the page to find the navigation links that let you explore the rest of the exhibit.
This Heritage Minute follows Chloe Cooley, an enslaved Black woman in Upper Canada in 1793. Her acts of resistance in the face of violence led to Canada’s first legislation limiting slavery.
A page from the Canadian Museum of Human Rights that discusses slavery and the fact that, just like the US, white people had slaves in Canada and did not treat them like human beings.
