A plaque was unveiled Tuesday at a Montreal's Mont Royal cemetery to honour a Black man who escaped slavery south of the border and fled to Montreal.
WATCH: After more than two centuries a page of Montreal's history is being raised to a new level. A plaque was unveiled on Tuesday at a Montreal cemetery to honour a Black man who escaped slavery south of the border and fled to Montreal. As Global's Phil Carpenter reports, for many Shadrach Minkins' story represents resistance and survival.
Minkins escaped slavery in the United States and fled to Montreal, as did many others. But it’s the way his story unfolded that’s really interesting. “Word got out among the Black population in Boston,” he said. “They rushed the courthouse and spirited him away.”Minkins then made his way to Montreal in February 1851, where he lived as a free man and raised a family. He owned a number of businesses in Old Montreal including one restaurant that became popular.Will Smith says Jada Pinkett Smith’s memoir ‘woke him up’
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