North Buxton

North Buxton is a rural community located in Southwestern Ontario. It rests in the Chatham-Kent municipality with a population of approximately 200 almost exclusively Black Canadians. North Buxton's historic population has been over 2000 residents, almost exclusively descendants of freed and escaped slaves by way of the underground railroad. The community was established in 1849 by an abolitionist, Rev. William King.^[1] The town along with smaller South Buxton once formed the Elgin Settlement in its early years housed three schools, with education so superior that nearby whites sent their children to attend these schools.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.buxtonmuseum.com/history/hist-ELGIN.html
2. ^ http://singingquilter.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/the-underground-railroad-and-north-buxton-ontario/