From an article by Desmond Brown in the CBC News website: “A former Virginia slave who was laid to rest in the Hamilton Cemetery on York Boulevard is believed to be the first Black man in Canada to have received an official U.S. Civil War headstone. Historian Robin McKee points to the Hamilton Cemetery burial …
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Freed Slave Buried in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Cemetery was a U.S. Civil War Vet
From an article by Desmond Brown in the CBC News website: “A former Virginia slave who was laid to rest in the Hamilton Cemetery on York Boulevard is believed to be the first Black man in Canada to have received an official U.S. Civil War headstone. Historian Robin McKee points to the Hamilton Cemetery burial …
Freed Slave Buried in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Cemetery was a U.S. Civil War Vet
From an article by Desmond Brown in the CBC News website: “A former Virginia slave who was laid to rest in the Hamilton Cemetery on York Boulevard is believed to be the first Black man in Canada to have received an official U.S. Civil War headstone. Historian Robin McKee points to the Hamilton Cemetery burial …