February 8th of #BlackHistoryMonth in #TorontoDanforth Who were Lucie and Thornton Blackburn?
The Blackburns: Freedom seekers, entrepreneurs, anti-slavery activists and community benefactors and that was before they really got down to the business of transforming their new home of Toronto.
The Blackburns: Freedom seekers, entrepreneurs, anti-slavery activists and community benefactors and that was before they really got down to the business of transforming their new home of Toronto.
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Signed, another Blackburn from Louisville
A new book about two escaped Kentucky slaves who settled in Toronto and started this city's first taxicab business is the result of what archaeologist Karolyn Smardz Frost calls her "20-year obsession."
via @thestar.com
https://www.thestar.com/news/ex-slaves-ran-citys-first-taxi/article_6720d54d-8c35-5099-a19d-abd7d4538414.html
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Thornton and Lucie Blackburn were designated as national historic persons in 1999.
Historical importance: Legendary escapees from enslavement who established first cab company in Toronto.
via The Government of Canada
https://parks.canada.ca/culture/designation/personnage-person/thornton-lucie-blackburn
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How the Blackburns helped shape Toronto' via
Erica Natividad
#BlackedOutHistory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=119&v=M21XHcnyxzw&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2F&source_ve_path=MzY4NDIsMjM4NTE&feature=emb_title
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'Thornton and Lucie Blackburn escaped slavery twice in the United States to find freedom and a lasting legacy in Toronto that changed history' via @globalnews.ca
h/t
@kristinehubbard.bsky.social
https://globalnews.ca/news/6601355/thornton-lucie-blackburn-toronto/
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The Underground Railroad delivered the first taxi entrepreneur to Toronto via @joshuaerrett.bsky.social
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/taxi-history-1.3526912?cmp=rss
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"Had the Blackburns chosen to reward themselves for their hard work with a cold beer at the end of the day, it would have been a lot like this... a classic ale brewed in the traditional style of the 19th century"
#HendersonBeerCo
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#TheBBPA
https://facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2630354057222663&set=ides-of-june-welcome-to-the-citythornton-blackburn-and-his-wife-lucie-escaped-sl&locale=ms_MY
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