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www.biographi.ca 📖 A bilingual scholarly research & publishing project, the Dictionary of Canadian Biography gives free online access to more than 9,000 biographies, with many more to come. En francais: @dbc-dcb.bsky.social

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Announcing my new online course... TORONTO vs THE UNITED STATES: A HISTORY OF CROSS-BORDER TENSIONS. It will be filled with stories of people standing up to threats of annexation & working to make our city a safe haven for those fleeing hardships south of the border: adambunch.com/versusregist...

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#NewBio Peter Martin (fl. 1753–1802) was an enslaved Black man who gained his freedom after serving in the American Revolutionary War. Although he was a free man in Upper Canada, his family remained in bondage to his former enslaver. www.biographi.ca/en/bio/marti...

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#NewBio! Peggy (fl. 1766–1827) was one of the hundreds of Black people enslaved in Upper Canada. She and her three children were held in bondage on Peter Russell’s estate and farm. #BlackHistoryMonth www.biographi.ca/en/bio/peggy...

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What a thread! For a deeper dive, our Tommy Douglas bio is here: biographi.ca/en/bio/dougl... -- published in 2021.

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#NewBio! A window into the life of Henry Lewis (fl. 1790s), a Black man enslaved by Upper Canada politician William Jarvis, is provided by a 1798 letter he sent proposing to buy his own freedom after escaping. #BlackHistoryMonth 📜 Toronto Public Library www.biographi.ca/en/bio/lewis...

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Thank you to @uoftartsci.bsky.social for this article highlighting @nhenrydixon.bsky.social's work and the @dcb-dbc.bsky.social / @dbc-dcb.bsky.social's new series featuring the stories of enslaved Black people in Upper Canada! #BlackHistoryMonth www.artsci.utoronto.ca/news/diction...

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#NewBio! One of the hundreds of Black people who were enslaved in Upper Canada, Chloe Cooley (fl. 1793) was designated a person of national historic significance in 2022. #BlackHistoryMonth www.biographi.ca/en/bio/coole... 🎨 Wayne Moore via NOTL Museum / Canada Post

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Veuillez souhaiter la bienvenue à nos amis et collègues Dictionnaire biographique du Canada! Suivez-les à @dbc-dcb.bsky.social! Please welcome our friends and colleagues from the French-language side of the DCB/DBC, and give them a follow at @dbc-dcb.bsky.social!

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Thank you for the mention, @cmedmoore.bsky.social! christophermoorehistory.blogspot.com/2025/01/hist... -- the William Burnie bio is here: www.biographi.ca/en/bio/burni...

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Thank you for the warm welcome, Bluesky! If you like what we do, please check out the Canadian History Starter Pack by @tinaadcock.bsky.social to find many of our colleagues and supporters: bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Thank you, @stillots1.bsky.social for your enthusiastic, kind, and ongoing support!! (Nice to see you here.)

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We're pleased to begin posting on BlueSky with today's new bio, the first in a 7-part series about enslaved Black people in Upper Canada. The first in the series tells the story of an enslaved Black woman (fl. 1802–3) whose name is unrecorded. #BlackHistoryMonth www.biographi.ca/en/bio/name_...

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