Owen Sound's Black History
Bibliography
Books
Broken Shackles, Old Man Henson From Slavery to Freedom, edited by Peter Meyler, published by Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc., Toronto, 2001
Hidden in Plain View, by Jacqueline L. Tobin and Raymond G. Dobard, Ph.D., Doubleday, New York, 1999
The Last Safe House, by Barbara Greenwood. Kids Can Press, Buffalo, N.Y., 1998
Newspaper Articles:
A Look at area’s black history, Owen Sound Sun Times, by Ruth Cathcart, Saturday, July 26, 1997
Believed By Friends To Have Been 110 Years Lizzie Hall Hornby Dies, Owen Sound Sun Times, April 3, 1951
BME Church, Owen Sound Sun Times, July 25, 198?. (photocopied notes from article)
BME Church plans year of celebration, Owen Sound Sun Times, by Ann Kelly, 1987
British Methodist Episcopal, Church History Column by Ken Barker for the Sun Times, February 16, 1996
Clues in the Quilt, Owen Sound Sun Times, by Jim Algie, February 27, 2004
Committee plans to unveil cairn at 142nd Emancipation Day picnic in July, Owen Sound Sun Times, by Jonathon Jackson, February 19, 2004
Daughter of “Daddy” Hall Lived on Pleasure Grounds When Wild Animals Roamed, The Daily Sun-Times, Owen Sound, by Dorothea Deans, Saturday, August 24, 1940
Early Negro Families Who Settled in Owen Sound are Recalled by Ex-Resident, Owen Sound Sun-Times, by J.J. Pratt, March 7, 1935
Follow the North Star, Mosaic, April 2002
Former Slave’s Daughter Elizabeth (Hall) Hornby, 96, Born in Owen Sound, Owen Sound Sun Times, April 2, 1949
His black ancestor a source of ‘real pride’, Toronto Star, by Michael B. Davie, Staff Reporter, February 5, 2004
Little known of rich legacy, The Sunday Times (Owen Sound), by Phil McNichol, Sun Times Staff, January 7, 1996
Local Residents Mark 64th Wedding Day, Owen Sound Sun-Times, by Helen Pearce, August 9, no year available
Many Found Refuge Here When City Was Terminal of “Underground Railway”, Owen Sound Sun-Times, by Philomena Hurley, November 26, 1966
Memory Illumines Days for Samuel G. Harrison; 93 Years Old and Blind, The Sun-Times, Owen Sound, by Dorothea Deans, April 3, 1943
Owen Sound B.M.E. Church Monument to Pioneers’ Faith Altar of Present Colored Folk, The Daily Sun-Times, Owen Sound, by Dorothea Deans, February 21, 1942
Owen Sound Negro Girl Leads Her Nursing Class, The Daily Sun-Times, Owen Sound, October 20, 1949 (year of article uncertain)
Quilts hold coded messages for slaves, by Shaunna Bennett
Rediscovered history in our backyard, Owen Sound Sun Times, by Don Crosby, February 12, 2003
The Black Experience in the Queen’s Bush Settlement from Ontario History, 1996
The Queen’s Bush Settlement: Black Pioneers 1839-1865 by Linda Brown-Kubisch, Book Review by Deborah Quaile, Rockwood
Thomas Green at 82 Years Is Strong in Spiritual Faith—Devout Member of Church, The Sun-Times, Owen Sound, by Dorothea Deans, November 18, 1944
‘Town Crier’ Was Popular Means of Advertising in Owen Sound’s Early Days, Owen Sound Daily Sun-Times, Saturday, March 22, 1952
Veteran recalls pride of Canada’s all-Black battalion, The Sun Times, Owen Sound, by Elaine McCluskey, Wed. Sept. 12, 1984
Web Sites:
Africanaonline: http://www.africanaonline.com/slavery_introduction.htm
Beaverton School District: www.beavton.k12.or.us/greenway/leahy/ugrr/code.htm
City of Owen Sound LACAC: http://www.e-owensound.com/lacac/n-15.html
Dave’s Garden: http://davesgarden.com/terms/go/2186/
Diocese of Newark: http://www.dioceseofnewark.org/vox1203/vox21203.htm#quilter
Emancipation Celebration Picnic (Owen Sound): http://www.emancipation.ca
Home and Garden Television: http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_quilting_blocks/article/0,1789,HGTV_3299_1374077,00.html
Hyperdictionary: http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/cairn
Maryland and the Underground Railroad: http://pathways.thinkport.org
Multicultural Trails of Nova Scotia: http://www.multiculturaltrails.ca/index.html
Nasa Quest: quest.arc.nasa.gov/ltc/special/mlk/gourd2.html
NASA Quest Learning Technologies Channel: http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/gourd1.html
National Geographic News: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/02/0205_040205_slavequilts.html#main
National Park Services, National Register of Historic Places: http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/opugrr.htm
Ontario Black History Society: http://www.blackhistorysociety.ca/
Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, African Canadians -Historical facts and significant dates, Fact Sheet: http://www.gov.on.ca/MCZCR/english/about/f300102.htm
Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, News Release: Ontario Celebrates Black History Month in February, January 31, 2003: http://www.gov.on.ca/citizenship/english/about/n300103.htm
Ontario’s Underground Railroad: http://www.africanhertour.org
Queen’s University—Underground Railroad Quilt Code: http://educ.queensu.ca/~fmc/may2004/Underground.html
St. Mary’s University: http://www.stmarys.ca/news/2002/r0157.html
Study Guide for Tools of the Underground Railroad: http://eliot.needham.k12.ma.us/technology/lessons/allaboard/quilts.html
The Black Community in the History of Quebec and Canada, Some Missing Pages: http://www.qesnrecit.qc.ca/mpages/unit5/u5p99.htm
The Emmitsburg Dispatch: http://www.emmitsburgdispatch.com/2003/August/quilters.shtml
The Kennedy Centre Art’s Edge: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3501/
The University Museum: http://www.museum.siu.edu/museum_classroom_grant/Museum_Explorers/school_pages/Lovington/reenactments/quiltcode.htm
The Works of Uno Chiyo Prior to and Following World War II By: Tina M. Mendes. From the web site of Dr. George L. Pamental, Department of Management and Technology, Rhode Island College, Providence RI http://www.ric.edu/pamental/studentpapers/mendespaper.html
Other Sources:
Darling Nelly Gray Music Sheet. Words and Music by B.R. Hanby
Grey Roots Staff Person, Rosa Defrancesco, for directions to the facility.
Historic Owen Sound Downtown Walking Tour Brochure, produced by the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC) with financial assistance from Owen Sound Tourism & the Downtown Improvement Area (DIA), August 2000
Notes from the Grey Roots Exhibit: From Slavery to Freedom, supplied by Stephanie McMullen
Owen Sound Media Release: Owen Sound’s Celebration of Black History, February 9, 2004
Owen Sound Underground Railroad Guided Tour. Information compiled by Greta Kennedy. Produced by Owen Sound Tourism Staff, Jane Cunningham, and Barry Randall, Manager. 2002.
