#colouredtown

[jasonparis]

Where the Underground Railroad came to an end. Salem Chapel in what was St. Catharine’s “Coloured Town” is also the city‘s first national historic site. Most famous for being Harriet Tubman’s parish for the decade she lived in Canada as a free woman. Her home was directly across the street. • • • #stcatharines #stcatharinesontario #niagararegion #colouredtown #harriettubman #undergroundrailroad #salemchapel #blacklivesmatter #africanmethodistepiscopalchurch #AMEC #methodist #FugitiveSlaveAct (at British Methodist Episcopal Church, Salem Chapel) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDX59XUA-Ou/?igshid=1n0gi6zrnvl5d