Irene Moore Davis, president of the Essex County Black Historical Research Society and assistant curator at the Amherstburg Freedom Museum in Essex County, says one piece of local Black history often ...

as an Upper Canadian, ... William Lyon Mackenzie's supporters began to train with weapons as they moved closer to open rebellion in 1837. (As portrayed in Canada: A People's History) he died in ...

The first mayor of Toronto, he was an important leader during the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion. This film portrays his election, his later defeat, his exile, and his fight for responsible government.