North Buxton
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north-buxton-163-2215896
title:
North Buxton
text:
North Buxton is a dispersed rural community located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1849 as a community for and by former African-American slaves who escaped to Canada to gain freedom. Rev. William King, a Scots-Irish/American Presbyterian minister and abolitionist, had organized the Elgin Association to buy 9,000 acres of land for resettlement of the refugees, to give them a start in Canada. Within a few years, numerous families were living here, having cleared land, buil
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Dispersed rural community in Ontario, Canada
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Buxton
date created:
2011-06-12T00:18:21Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T02:52:37Z
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13
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