Michael Taube | All four of these Canadian books run the gamut from political history, the politics of fear, to the Civil War and a bio of a media baron
Some of London, Ont.’s founding families are buried just feet from fugitive slave owners who fled their plantations. Brian Martin, author of a new book, says his findings reveal a fuller picture of Canada’s complex history as a refuge for people escaping slavery, and as a safe haven for some slave owners.