5 Black History Month Web Sites for Busy Educators
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1. Niagara Bound Tours (Teachers) http://www.niagaraboundtours.com/
This is an exciting year regarding North American rich African Canadian – American history.
There are three major events which will be celebrated this year. They are the 50th anniversary
of Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Had a Dream speech, the 150th anniversary of the U.S.
Emancipation Proclamation, and the 100th anniversary of the passing of Harriet Tubman.
On a trip seven years ago to the Niagara Peninsula in Southern Ontario Canada, I met Lezlie
Wells the owner of www.NIAGARABOUNDTOURS.com a tour company specializing in Black
History Tours. Lezlie is a fifth generation Canadian descendant of a fugitive slave from
Kentucky, who has a personal interest in the history of fugitive slaves who came to Canada, in
particular, to the Niagara area.
For a customized Black History tour of the Niagara area, and to find out what happened to
individuals on their freedom journey, the church Harriet Tubman attended and more check out
Lezlie’s site.
2. The Underground Railway Words In Stone (Teachers, Parents, Students Gr. 4-12)
http://www.freedomtrail.ca/plaquesall.html
http://www.freedomtrail.ca/biographies.html
The tragedy of events that led to the organization of the Underground Railroad in America and
Canada in the 18th and 19th centuries forced exceptional individuals to rise above and
transcend the everyday horrors of slavery. On this page, are plaques and monuments dedicated
to these individuals.
3. Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site (Teachers) http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/Uncle-Toms-Cabin-Historic-Site/Home.aspx
http://www.uncletomscabin.org/Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site commemorates the life of
Reverend Josiah Henson. Recognized for his contributions to the abolition movement and for
his work in the Underground Railroad, he rose to international fame after Harriet Beecher Stowe
acknowledged his memoirs as a source for her 1852 anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. It
was Henson’s life experiences that inspired Ms. Stowe’s creation of the character Uncle Tom in
her 1852 outcry against slavery
4. Underground Railroad
http://www.blackhistorysociety.ca/underground_railroad_en_238cms.htm
The Underground Railroad (URR) emerged as a result of over four hundred years of slavery in
the United States. Oppressed slaves wanted a way out, and with the help of Abolitionist and
other Anti-Slavery proponents, many slaves escaped to freedom in Canada. A lot of them were
helped along their way via the Underground Railroad.
This webpage links to information on:
•Routes – 1860
•Purpose & Background
•Train to Freedom
•Underground Railroad Summary
•Abolition
•Underground Railroad Museum: Ohio
•Kennett Underground Railroad Center
•National Geographic Underground Railroad Site
•Music of the Underground Railroad
•Underground Railroad Freedom Center
•Underground Railroad in Rochester
5. Black Settlement In Ontario
http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/Slavery-to-Freedom/History/Black-settlement-inOntario.aspx
Upon arriving in Canada, many newly freed Blacks settled in what is now Ontario in
Amherstburg, Chatham, London, Oro, Woolwich and Windsor. Others crossed the Great Lakes
to freedom and made their homes in Owen Sound and Toronto.