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<!--Generated by Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.156 (http://www.squarespace.com) on Sat, 18 May 2013 14:00:05 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Community Black History</title><subtitle>Community Black History</subtitle><id>http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/atom.xml"/><updated>2009-01-27T01:30:19Z</updated><generator uri="http://five.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.156 (http://www.squarespace.com)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Recognising Thomas Henry Miller</title><id>http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/recognising-thomas-henry-miller.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/recognising-thomas-henry-miller.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2009-01-27T01:25:30Z</published><updated>2009-01-27T01:25:30Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[<br />Thomas Henry Miller was also the originator of the Owen Sound Emancipation Picnic.<br />
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>The British Methodist Episcopal Church</title><category term="Black History"/><category term="Black History"/><category term="Local History"/><category term="Owen Sound"/><category term="Owen Sound History"/><category term="Underground Railroad"/><category term="Underground railroad"/><category term="black pioneers"/><id>http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/the-british-methodist-episcopal-church.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/the-british-methodist-episcopal-church.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2009-01-26T22:06:05Z</published><updated>2009-01-26T22:06:05Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[The British Methodist Episcopal (BME) Church has long been a part of Black History in Owen Sound.
]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Black History Cairn Project</title><category term="Black History"/><category term="Black History"/><category term="Owen Sound"/><category term="Owen Sound History"/><category term="Underground Railroad"/><category term="Underground railroad"/><category term="black pioneers"/><category term="cairn"/><category term="emancipation"/><id>http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/2009/1/21/black-history-cairn-project.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/2009/1/21/black-history-cairn-project.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2009-01-21T18:51:35Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T18:51:35Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[On July 31, 2004, the Black History Cairn Committee unveiled a commemorative Cairn during the 142nd Emancipation Day Celebrations at Harrison Park in Owen Sound. According to Webster's 1913 Dictionary, a cairn is "a rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument." In this case, the Cairn is a memorial to Owen Sound's Black settlers.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Owen Sound's Black History</title><category term="Black History"/><category term="Black History"/><category term="Local History"/><category term="Owen Sound"/><category term="Owen Sound History"/><category term="Underground Railroad"/><category term="black pioneers"/><id>http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/2009/1/21/owen-sounds-black-history.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/2009/1/21/owen-sounds-black-history.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2009-01-21T18:45:56Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T18:45:56Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[From about 1830 to the end of the American Civil War, escaped slaves made their way across the <a href="http://www.osblackhistory.com/routes.php">Canada-US border</a> via the <a href="http://www.osblackhistory.com/underground.php">Underground Railroad</a>. Many headed for the Village of Sydenham (Owen Sound), the last terminal of the Railroad and settled here, finding work and raising families. It is only recently that the contribution of these early settlers to the City&rsquo;s development and growth has begun to be acknowledged.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>A Whitewashing of History</title><category term="Black History"/><category term="Local History"/><category term="Owen Sound History"/><category term="Underground railroad"/><category term="black cemetary"/><category term="black pioneers"/><category term="white washing"/><id>http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/2009/1/21/a-whitewashing-of-history.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/2009/1/21/a-whitewashing-of-history.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2009-01-21T18:35:25Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T18:35:25Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[Some say only the dead in this town can speak the truth about how a virtually all-black settlement in Canada turned virtually all-white. But then, some of the living won't let them.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Honored Slave Visited Owen Sound</title><category term="Black History"/><category term="Owen Sound History"/><category term="Underground railroad"/><category term="black pioneers"/><id>http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/2009/1/21/honored-slave-visited-owen-sound.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/2009/1/21/honored-slave-visited-owen-sound.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2009-01-21T18:32:02Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T18:32:02Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[A stamp has been issued commemorating Josiah Henson, a slave born near Port Tobacco, Maryland, in 1789. Some of his roots were planted in Owen Sound.<br />]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Marisse Louisy</title><category term="Black History"/><category term="Owen Sound"/><category term="activism"/><category term="civil rights"/><category term="racism"/><id>http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/2009/1/21/marisse-louisy.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/2009/1/21/marisse-louisy.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2009-01-21T18:24:37Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T18:24:37Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[THE TORONTO STAR Monday, August 6, 2001<br /> <br /> <em>"It's hard for me to talk about it. It's over. I just want to live in peace!"</em><br /> Rejection still troubles nurse]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Presque Isle</title><category term="BME Church"/><category term="Black History"/><category term="Black History"/><category term="Local History"/><category term="Owen Sound"/><category term="Uncle Tom's Cabin"/><category term="emancipation"/><id>http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/2009/1/21/presque-isle.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.emancipation.ca/community-black-history/2009/1/21/presque-isle.html"/><author><name>Admin</name></author><published>2009-01-21T18:14:03Z</published><updated>2009-01-21T18:14:03Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[Owen Sound Sun Time Article, August 3, 1898: The B.M.E. excursion and picnic was held here today, Friday, 3rd of Aug., to commemorate the freedom from slavery of the British slaves in the West Indian Islands.]]></summary></entry></feed>