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Category: Descendant

Bogs, bugs, freedom and loss: walking alongside Ontario’s early Black settlers

February 9, 2026 Ken Johnston

Check out this wonderful article by Canice Leung in the latest online edition of Narwhal, Canada’s premier online environmental magazine.…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Descendant, Dresden

Jerome Johnson shares story about his great grandfather who escaped slavery

January 20, 2026 Ken Johnston

On the fourth day of our walk to Dresden, we journeyed from the Amherstburg Freedom Museum to Harrow, a small…

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Posted in: Canada, Descendant, Essex County, Freedom, Great Lakes, Ontario, Resistance, Underground Railroad

I Am A Proud Descendant of Freedom Seekers: Irene Moore Davis

December 20, 2025 Ken Johnston

Recently I had the opportunity to talk with historian Irene Moore Davis about her work and career as an educator,…

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Posted in: Descendant, Essex County, Freedom, Interview, Museum, Online Presentation, Ontario, Underground Railroad, Windsor

Fifth Gen. Canadian Descendant Tracy Lee Johnson Talks About “And Then What Happened…”

September 8, 2025 Ken Johnston

And Then What Happened… That’s the question I asked myself in September 2022, after reaching the Canadian border following a…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Canada, Descendant, Freedom, Interview

Walking Itinerary: Niagara Falls to Owen Sound

June 2, 2025 Ken Johnston

The following walking itinerary is a work in progress and is not finalized. On this Walk to Freedom journey we…

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Posted in: African Ancestors, Canada, Cross Culture, Descendant, Emancipation Day, Freedom, New York, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Underground Railroad, Walking

Samuel Hubbard & Family

December 28, 2023 Ken Johnston

This is Mr. Samuel Hubbard. We met on Christmas Eve afternoon for the first time at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery…

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Posted in: Call of Ancestors, Caroline County, Cemetery, Christmas Eve, Descendant, Eastern Shore, Maryland, Harriet Tubman UGRR Byway, Underground Railroad, Walking

Louise Davis, third cousin of Harriet Tubman

June 20, 2023 Ken Johnston

On the day after Juneteenth, I found this video of Louise Davis, a third cousin of Harriet Tubman online. Ms.…

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Posted in: Descendant, Harriet Tubman

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