![]() ![]() A compromise was reached and on Jan Act was passed that prevented the further introduction of slaves into Upper Canada and allowed for the gradual abolition of slavery although no slaves already residing in the province were freed outright. He was met with opposition in the House of Assembly, some of whose members owned slaves. They brought the incident to the attention of Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe who immediately moved to abolish slavery in the new province. ![]() Her screams and violent resistance were witnessed by a neighbour, William Grisley, who informed Peter Martin, a free Black and former soldier in Butler’s Rangers. On MaChloe Cooley, an enslaved Black woman in Queenston, was bound, thrown in a boat and sold across the river to a new owner in the United States. The bilingual plaque reads as follows: CHLOE COOLEY AND THE 1793 ACT TO LIMIT SLAVERY IN UPPER CANADA On Thursday, August 23, 2007, at 1:30 p.m., the Ontario Heritage Trust and the Niagara Parks Commission unveiled a provincial plaque to commemorate Chloe Cooley and the 1793 Act to Limit Slavery in Upper Canada, in Queenston Heights, Ontario. ![]() Chloe Cooley and the 1793 Act to Limit Slavery in Upper Canada ![]()
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