Thornton Blackburn
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Maysville |
| Kentucky | |
| United States | |
| Died | York |
| Toronto | |
| Canada | |
| Nationality | American |
| Canadian | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 3529227 |
Thornton Blackburn Life story
Thornton Blackburn was a self-emancipated formerly enslaved man whose case established the principle that Canada would not return slaves to their masters in the United States and thus established Canada as a safe terminus for the Underground Railroad.
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