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1. • • Ruthie was sold to slave owners based in New Orleans, where enslaved women were often forced to become sex workers. Fearing the worst, the Blackburns took action. Carrying forged papers asserting their freedom, Thornton and Ruthie made their way north.
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   What happened to Ruthie Blackburn?

   • The Blackburns were only happy for a short time. When Ruthie’s owners died suddenly, Mrs. Blackburn was auctioned off to a local merchant who traded enslaved Kentuckians down to the Deep South. Thornton and Ruthie Blackburn feared that she was destined for the “fancy girl” market in New Orleans or Natchez, Mississippi.

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   What happened to Thornton & Lucie Blackburn?

   • Thornton and Lucie died in the 1890s and were buried alongside their family in the Toronto Necropolis. Thornton and Lucie Blackburn spent their lives in pursuit of equity. As entrepreneurs, the Blackburns operated Toronto's first cab company.

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   Why did Ruthie Blackburn change her name?

   • Ruthie Blackburn changed her name to “Lucie” to mark her newfound freedom. After nearly a year at Amherstburg, she and her husband made their way to Toronto in 1834. There, Thornton discovered his brother, Alfred, who had fled Kentucky slavery five years before. Alfred was working on the city’s eastern outskirts for wealthy brewer Enoch Turner.

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   How did Thornton and Lucie Blackburn escape from slavery?

   • In 1831, Thornton and Lucie Blackburn escaped from slavery by fleeing from Kentucky to Michigan, via the Underground Railroad. But, two years later, they were recaptured and jailed in Detroit. In the wake of their arrest, Detroit’s Black community advocated for their release.

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   Who were Thornton and Ruthie Blackburn?

   • Former slaves Thornton and Ruthie Blackburn made Detroit their home, (above) and forced to escape from the law when their owners tried to reclaim them through court. (York Pioneers) Detroit Sheriff John M. Wilson glanced anxiously upward. From the courtroom balcony came the sounds of angry muttering and restless shuffling.

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   Where are Thornton and Lucie Blackburn buried?

   • Thornton and Lucie, along with Sibby and Alfred, are buried at the Toronto Necropolis near acquaintance and fellow abolitionist George Brown. Thornton and Lucie Blackburn were able to secure their freedom, but unfortunately, life in Toronto was not the ideal society they had envisioned.

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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).

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   Sep 14, 2018 · Thornton Blackburn, 21, and his beautiful wife, Ruthie, some nine years his senior, were accused of being fugitives from slavery. According to Michigan law, those claimed as runaways had to prove themselves entitled to free status before a judge or magistrate.

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   Lucie "Ruthie" Blackburn (1803–1895) was a self-emancipated West-Indian, American former slave who escaped to Canada with her husband Thornton Blackburn and helped him establish the first taxi company in Toronto.

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   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”.

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   Feb 9, 2022 · In 1831, Thornton and Lucie Blackburn escaped from slavery by fleeing from Kentucky to Michigan, via the Underground Railroad. But, two years later, they were recaptured and jailed in Detroit. In the wake of their arrest, Detroit’s Black community advocated for their release.

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   Ruthie was sold to slave owners based in New Orleans, where enslaved women were often forced to become sex workers. Fearing the worst, the Blackburns took action. Carrying forged papers asserting their freedom, Thornton and Ruthie made their way north.

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   Lucie "Ruthie" Blackburn (1803–1895) was a self-emancipated West-Indian, American former slave who escaped to Canada with her husband Thornton Blackburn and helped him establish the first taxi company in Toronto.