The Greater Sudbury Public Library's main branch, located at 74 MacKenzie St., will be exhibiting the Enslaved Africans in Upper Canada exhibit during April and May.
Slavery existed on a global scale for centuries and had devastating implications for the individuals subjected to it, stated a library news release, but many people do not know slavery existed in Canada.
Produced in partnership with the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, the Archives of Ontario's
newest exhibit, Enslaved Africans in Upper Canada, touches on the lives of enslaved Africans and focuses on the actions they took to resist their servitude. It reveals that Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe's
1793 Act to Limit Slavery in Upper Canada was precipitated by the resistance of a slave woman named Chloe Cooley and led to the end of slavery throughout the British empire.
For more information, phone the Greater Sudbury Public Library at 673-1155.
