The history of Canadian slavery goes back 400 years, except we’re blind to it

" It is not common knowledge, but it should be: there is a centuries-long and ugly history of slavery north of the 49th parallel.

The Underground Railroad, a secret network that brought 30,000 enslaved men, women and children to relative freedom starting in the mid-1800s, is often associated with slavery in Canada.

However, slavery here predates the Railroad by at least 200 years."

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