FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DUNDAS, ON—The Dundas Museum and Archives is proud to welcome back acclaimed historian, professor, and author Dr. Natasha L. Henry-Dixon for a compelling Emancipation Day event on Thursday, July 31st at 6:30PM. Her talk, titled Not Yet Free: Black…
You may recognize the name Nelson Able; we’ve shared his story before – particularly the fancy dinner party he threw for his friends in 1863. Born around 1822 in Virginia, he was enslaved until his escape in 1850 via the…
We’ve made some really cool discoveries while researching for an upcoming project on Black History in Dundas, and we want to share them with you! Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott was the first Canadian-born Black doctor. He served in the Union…
For the first day of Black History Month, we would like to introduce our Button Doll! This amazing doll was made by Emma Green Lewis of Hamilton between 1929 and 1932. It’s covered, top to bottom, in a beautiful array…
Last Friday’s tree lighting ceremony has a long history here in Dundas. It was held for the first time in 1914, and contemporary accounts boast that the tree was the first of its kind in Canada. It has been held…
