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May 24, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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“The Act was the first piece of legislation in the #Britishcolonies to restrict the #slavetrade and it changed the trajectory of life for the generations of people of African descent that followed.”
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Honouring
CHLOE COOLEY
Her Struggle led to the first
legislation in the British & French colonies to restrict the slave trade in Upper Canada
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One of the hundreds of Black people who were enslaved in Upper Canada, Chloe Cooley (fl. 1793) came to public attention in March 1793 after her enslaver, Adam Vrooman, forcibly transported her across the Niagara River to sell her on the American side. Two witnesses reported the incident and her desperate resistance, which directly influenced the subsequent passage of the Act to Limit Slavery in Upper Canada. In 2022 the Canadian government designated Cooley a person of national historic significance.
February 18, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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250 years ago today, in the @PhiladelphiaGov, 56 brave Men sacrificed their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor, so that Thirteen #BritishColonies could live free, as these independent #UnitedStates 🇺🇸,
July 5, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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Colonial New Zealand: in 1859, the #Maori established a kingship which revolted against the British #NewZealand colony and it took British forces until 1881 to successfully suppress that revolt.

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The History Files: Colonial New Zealand
July 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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If you scroll just a bit you will see how after being tricked & horrifically wronged, the native Americans got their revenge on Frost.
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February 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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"A cry of defiance, and not of fear": Did Paul Revere Ride Alone?

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"A cry of defiance, and not of fear": Did Paul Revere Ride Alone? | Readex
In June 1776, Thomas Jefferson, sequestered in a Philadelphia boarding house, drafted the Declaration of Independence as an "expression of the American mind." Just weeks later, on July 2, Congress vot...
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April 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM