The “Dawn” settlement started by the famous Josiah Henson, who got his name from an anti-slavery novel called Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was the beacon of freedom and hope for Black slaves from the United States.
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An open-air museum documents the life of the former slave, abolitionist, minister Josiah Henson, the Underground Railroad and the history of slavery in Upper Canada (Ontario).
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