Part VIII
By Cheryl Brown
Canadian historian Gwendolyn Robinson says in her book "Seek the Truth" the story about Blacks in Chatham, Ontario, Canada that the influx of Blacks in the region began in the late 1700s. It continued until Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation and the enslavement of Blacks in America was legally over. Many of those who called the area home left to return in search of family and to rebuild the war torn south.