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Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament and Cabinet Minister.
She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2007 to 2013 who represented the riding of Scarborough—Guildwood.

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attorney, judge, diplomat and banker.

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A successful lawyer and educator. Was appointed to senate in 1990 and served as until 2013. He is from Nova Scotia, Canada.

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-He was one of the first black Canadians to be mayor of Quebec
-He was in office from 2002-2014
-He was on the Quebec version of Deal or No Deal and won $222,500

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black Canadian actor song writer

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heavyweight boxer

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-  Cow boy and rancher
- Born a slave to cotton plantation
-  Went to Alberta

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- first black judge in the history in Quebec
- born march 10th 1942
- she was made an officer of the national order Quebec

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-refused to sit in the balcony at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow,
and sat on the floor reserved exclusively for white people instead
-was fined and arrested

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Zanana Akande
The first Black female to serve in the cabinet of the Government of Ontario.

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- First Canadian women to be elected to a Canadian provincial legislature.
-After departing politics she became a professor of women studies.
-Rosemary Brown was featured  on a stamp by Canada post.

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-religious leader and abolitionist
-East Preston and North Preston was named in his honor ( even though these communities inspired his name)
-he escaped slavery in Virginia and gained an education and saved enough money to buy his freedom
-he was known as a gifted orator and for his sense of humor

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Addie Aylestock

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-was the first black person to live in Canada and was a slave from Madagascar
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- In 1861 Abbott was the first Canadian-born man of Black heritage because he wanted to become a licensed physician.
- Abbott was born in Toronto with a prominent family.
- Abbott's family were Wilson Ruffin Abbott and Ellen (Toyer) Abbott. They were 2 "free people of color".
- The parents left Alabama so their is no violence in Toronto in 1835 or 1836.

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Was black cultural music activist and composer
Lived in USA for a wile and then came back to Canada to help black people with their cultural music
Known for his African cultural songs and His songs about freeing black slaves and one of the First Black composers
Won the Bowdoin prize for his Harvard academics on his essay about The Emancipation of Negro Music

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- the first woman minister
- she was born on September 8 1909 in Glen Allen Ont
-she died on 25 of July in Toronto
- she ministered in Toronto,Halifax and Owen sound

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-In 1857 he became the first Black Canadian Sailor.

-William was born in Horton Bluff, Nova Scotia, and he joined the Royal Navy when he was a teenager.

-He was the first black Canadian to receive a Victoria Cross, which is the highest reward in the Canadian honors system in Canadian military. He was also decorated for bravery during the Crimean War.

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-voyger
- fur traider

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-First black woman in North America to publish a newspaper, establishing the Provincial Freeman
-she moved to Canada in 1851 and there she opened an integrated school
-she was the first woman to enroll in Howard University Law School

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-African American slave who escaped to freedom in Canada, was widely read by abolitionists, and he became mistakenly known as the model for Uncle Tom in the novel.
-at the age of 18 he became a respected preacher.
-In a quarrel with a white man, he suffered an arm injury that crippled him for life

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~He was Mr.Canada
~ worlds fastest man
~ One of our best-known athletes

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- lived in USA
-  born in Drummonvile On
- music composer
- one of the first black composers
- he is know for his African folk songs
- born October 11 1882
- died  October 2 1943
- he made the song
- he was a pianist and a organist
and a choral directer

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~ He was born in Toronto
~His dad  escaped to Canada using the underground railroad
~He was the city's first black alderman
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