Thornton Blackburn

Thornton Blackburn
Bornc. 1812
Maysville, Kentucky
Died1890
Toronto, Ontario

Thornton Blackburn (c. 1812–1890) 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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