‘Enslavement is part of our history’: Understanding Chloe Cooley’s act of resistance

TVO Today speaks with YorkU professor Natasha Henry-Dixon about the legacy of Cooley — and why she should be centred, not sidelined.

On March 14, 1793, Chloe Cooley fought back as her enslaver and a group of men bound her, took her across the Niagara River, and sold her. Now, she's being commemorated on a stamp for the role her resistance played in Upper Canada's gradual abolition of slavery. [1/9] https://t.co/6oCJizmmpO pic.twitter.com/TPoj7K1V06

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