Black woman who fought enslavement honoured with Canada Post stamp
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Her screams for help and attempts to get free drew the attention of witnesses who later recounted the violent incident to Lt.-Gov. John Graves Simcoe. Simcoe used testimony about Cooley’s attack to introduce new legislation, and in July 1793 the Act to Limit Slavery in Upper Canada was passed. Canada Post says the legislation “set the stage for the gradual ending of enslavement in Upper Canada” and helped create “a legal refuge for those fleeing enslavement in other countries.”
The stamp was designed and illustrated with the help of experts in regional and Black history, archival paintings and other documents.
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