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May 6, 2021 · Thornton and Lucie (Ruthie) Blackburn, freedom seekers, entrepreneurs, anti-slavery activists and community benefactors (Thornton, born c. 1812 in Maysville, Kentucky; died in 1890 in Toronto, ON. Lucie, born c. 1803, possibly in the West Indies; died in 1895 in Toronto).
Mar 6, 2024 · Thornton and Lucie Blackburn escaped on July 3, 1831, by taking a steamboat up the Ohio River from Louisville to Cincinnati and then a stagecoach to Michigan. Their recapture in Detroit two years later resulted in the “Blackburn riots of 1833”.
Thornton was rescued on June 15, 1833, by 400 abolitionists. This mob incited the Blackburn Riot. The rescuers took Thorton from the sheriff's custody to Randolf Street wharf, where an agent exchanged a gold watch for Thornton's freedom and passage.
The next day, a crowd overwhelmed Thornton’s captors on the docks of the Detroit River, allowing him to make his way to Canada. Later known as the Blackburn Riots of 1833, these events sparked one of the first race riots in Detroit’s history.
Mar 8, 2017 · All Thornton and his wife Lucie Blackburn wanted was freedom when they came to Detroit in 1831. The African-American couple came to what was then still Michigan territory to escape the inhumane, but legal institution of slavery in Kentucky.
Nov 11, 2016 · In 1834, as Canadian enslavement of black people ended through the enactment of the British Imperial Act, a couple with Kentucky roots made their way to Toronto. The couple, Thornton and Lucie Blackburn, might have been less remarkable save for a few very significant aspects of their lives.
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Feb 18, 2016 · Albert Jackson, an escaped child slave, and his family, stayed briefly with Thornton and Lucie Blackburn upon arriving in Toronto. Jackson became Toronto’s first black postman and is shown here...
