Canada West Map

ID: 2669 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Archives of Ontario ~ Date: 1855
This file appears in: Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site
Canada West Map

This map from 1855 shows the communities of Black settlers into Canada West. To the left of the map you can see the settlements of Chatham, Buxton and Dawn.

This file appears in: Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site

By Joanna E. Hahn
Though we cannot be sure exactly where Eliza Harris and her child ended up in Canada, we may have one clue. Levi Coffin wrote in his book that he and his wife, Catharine, visited Canada West in the Windsor and Chatham area east of Detroit, Michigan…