Georgina Whetsel
Widowed after 12 years of marriage, Georgina Mingo Whetsel (1846–1919) took over the operation of her late husband’s ice business in Saint John and built it into a major commercial enterprise.
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Chloe Cooley
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.
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Woman enslaved in Canada in the 1700s and 1800s
Peggy
One of the hundreds of people of African descent enslaved in Upper Canada in the 1700s and 1800s
Marie-Joseph Angélique
1700s woman who attempted to escape slavery in Canada
Letitia Munson
1800s Canadian herbalist, fortune-teller and midwife
Marguerite Laurent
Canadian entrepreneur who was born into slavery
Rose Fortune
African-American-Canadian porter and informal law-enforcement officer in the 1800s
Nancy Morton
Enslaved woman who fought a legal battle for her freedom
Linda Boston
In 2001 she established the non-profit 501(c) (3) corporation PEER, Inc., (Portable Educational Entertainment Repertoire, designed to take the arts and/or educational presentations, workshops, and programming where they often are not received.