The sleepy hamlet of Canfield, Ontario, has a hidden history. Local historians reveal Bill Douglas's family's significant role in Canfield's Black ancestry. You'd never know it but the sleepy hamlet of Canfield in Ontario has an interesting history, one that's been hidden from view for years. Bill Douglas lived in Canfield most of his life and even he's surprised when local historians begin to reveal his family's role in Canfield's history of Black ancestry.

In the mid 1800s Black freedom seekers journeyed from the United States north to Canada. They settled across southern Ontario and built homes, raised their families and created a legacy for their descendants. Many of these families lived in the small village of Canfield, not far from the Grand River. An abandoned cemetery is all that remains of these settlers and it's under threat of passing into history itself.

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