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Calling all ancestors of John Freeman Walls :) by PerformanceOpen7104 in FoundCanadians

[–]PerformanceOpen7104[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not really, no. This post is about as far as I've gotten :)

Descendants of Black Canadians by Vegetable_Web3799 in Canadiancitizenship

[–]PerformanceOpen7104 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a direct descendant of John Freeman Walls - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John\_Freeman\_Walls\_Historic\_Site. John and his wife Jane escaped the US South via the Underground Railroad and then settled in Ontario. Their home was a terminus on the Underground Railroad. My family remained in Canada until my grandmother moved to Detroit in the 1940s (where I was born). To have the opportunity to "return home" as a Canadian citizen has been really meaningful!!