#blackhistorymonth
February is Black History month in Canada and last month I was asked by a reader if I knew any information about local black family/woman that lived in Carleton Place in the 1920s.
I felt it was important to pay tribute and I began searching. The Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum had no information, but local historian Karen Prytula did some digging and found out there was one particular Ball family that lived in Carleton Place on Hawthorn Street in 1921.
Their names were Alcida, Ivonne, Maguerite, Annette and Leo and were listed as unemployed as were many in that time frame. Karen has done extensive research on slavery in the southern states and she noticed that the Ball family of Georgia/South Carolina were owners of huge plantations. When the Ball family slaves escaped to the north, or to the British forces, or were manumitted, or emancipated, a great…
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