David Rainsberry, a lawyer who's lived in Baby Point for 13 years, says his own research shows that the Baby family, after which the neighbourhood is named, held slaves in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
David Rainsberry, a lawyer who's lived in Baby Point for 13 years, says his own research shows that the Baby family, after which the neighbourhood is named, held slaves in the late 1700s and early 1800s. One of the city's oldest and most affluent neighbourhoods — Baby Point — could get a new name, as part of an ongoing city review that may designate the neighbourhood a Heritage Conservation District .
Rainsberry's initiative comes three years after city council voted to rename Dundas Street, on the grounds that the street's namesake, British politician Henry Dundas, did not do enough to hasten the end of the trans-Atlanic slave trade in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Rainsberry's name change proposal is part of the city's ongoing review — an HCD designation would protect homes in the neighbourhood from substantial alteration or demolition, without special permission from the city.Rainsberry says he has some support locally, but he told CBC Toronto he knows he's facing an uphill struggle.
"I find it incredible that in 2024 we are splitting hairs to ensure the continued prominence of this heritage in our City."
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