the secrets of underground medicine 510 pages

Instead, the Fenians attempted to invade Canada at Campobello Island at the Maine, US / New Brunswick border. The Wardsville company was dispatched on March 8th to the Sarnia area and the local men “went under canvass” in full readiness to meet the enemy - in March.

In early 1866, with tensions very high and Fenian attacks were anticipated along the St. 6 within the 26th Middlesex Battalion headquartered in London. On, Wardsville volunteers formed independent militia company No. They obeyed orders, formed militias and showed up. Only our ancestors didn’t just talk about local politics at the coffee shop. It is fascinating to imagine local kitchen table discussions about the Irish “terrorists”. Patrick’s Day in 1857, by James Stephens in Dublin, Ireland. This secret revolutionary organization was founded on St. The British authorities were concerned about a secret society of Irish patriots who had emigrated from Ireland to the United States with the intent of ending British rule by taking Canada by force and exchanging it with Britain for Irish independence. Due to fears of what would happen after the American Civil War (1861-1865), the British authorities formed volunteer militia companies in hundreds of communities across Ontario, including our own. Uncategorized barn quilt, Black History, Black History Month, environmental art, Slavery, Underground Railroad Leave a comment Wardsville Volunteer Infantry CompanyĪfter Confederation 1867, the Province of Ontario (Canada West) was under British governance. In 2015, the 4-H members painted a series of 4X4 barn quilts depicting the coded designs Micki told us about.Įnglish Teacher Lonnie Grover from Glencoe & District Historical Society shared the creative project she teaches with a fellow Mathematics teacher using barn quilts as an inspiring theme for learning. Mary Simpson told the group about the Damascas Ontario 4-H Life Skills Club up in Wellingtown County.

Stan Grizzle, our 2019 Black History Monthpresenter attended and he recalls his grandmother telling stories about the quilts being used to communicate. Various blocks in the quilts gave the slaves clues as to where they had to go. Secrecy was necessary for escape and information could only be passed by word of mouth, using codes, signs and signals created by slaves. Conductors like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass led many escapees to Canada. Congress passed the Compromise of 1850, the law forced free northern states to return escaped slaves. Of course, it was a SECRET code, so the lack of evidence is no surprise.Īfter the U.S. Stories have been handed down the generations about the code but there is no hard historical evidence. On Feb 19, 2020, forty five people attended Micki Angyal’s presentation about the quilt code possibly used by slaves to communicate along the Underground Railroad.

The secrets of underground medicine 510 pages