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Lucy (Hammond) Claybourn

“Lucy Hammond was very beautiful, intelligent, and hard working.” – GG Copeland, Barkers Point, 1981 Lucy Hammond (1812 – 1895) was born enslaved to Gabriel DeVeber, who lived […]

St Peter’s Anglican Church Local Historic Place

George and his son William Leek were the chief carpenters of St Peter’s Anglican Church, completed in 1838.

Odell House Slave Quarters

This portion of the the original home of Rev. Jonathan and Ann O’Dell was torn down in 1956 to make way for the Cathedral Hall on Church Street.

Commemorative Window in the Fredericton Region Museum 2

… It has been a long journey. Transcription “I can’t speak to being a force for change, but I take it and wear it proudly” – Measha Brueggergosman-Lee, […]

Commemorative Window in the Fredericton Region Museum 1

Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, many have continued to leave their mark on Canadian history. Transcription “The fact that I was Black never came up when we […]

Willie O’Ree

“The fact that I was Black never came up when we played as kids. You could have been purple with a green stripe down the middle of your […]

Louis “Lou” Sterling Lawrence

An identical twin, who was without peers as a middleweight boxer. Louis Sterling Lawrence (1927 – 2013) was an identical twin, who was without peer as a middleweight […]

Vincent “Manny” McIntyre

“I am not bitter about not making the NHL — I know that I was good enough and that is good enough for me.” – Vincent “Manny” McIntyre, […]

Born Enslaved

A baptismal record showing that two children born to enslaved parents were baptized as “property of”. Transcription: July 29th, 1798, Baptized 2 Black children the property of Col. […]

Solomon Kendall of the Guides and Pioneers

This 1785 document lists the names of members of the Guides and Pioneers along with number of dependents. The Guides and Pioneers was a unique corps of Loyalist soldiers, […]

Wearing Their Sunday Best

“The Hill” was the place many families would leave their children so they could go elsewhere to find work. Solomon Kendall 2nd (middle) and his wife Anne raised […]

The Kendall Family Home on “The Hill”

The home of William Kendall, grandson of Solomon Kendall stood atop of a hill overlooking Highway 105 and the Saint John River. This farm house is where the […]