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One of the hundreds of people of African descent who were enslaved in Upper Canada, Chloe Cooley came to public attention in 1793 after her enslaver forcibly transported her across the Niagara River to sell her on the American side.

Woman enslaved in Canada in the 1700s and 1800s

1700s woman who attempted to escape slavery in Canada

Prominent Black citizen of Richmond Hill, Ontario in the 1800s and early 1900s