Once enslaved in Virginia, Montrealer Shadrach Minkins commemorated at cemetery
The story of Shadrach Minkins, a self-emancipated Black man from Virginia who fled to Montreal to escape slavery, is not as familiar to Quebecers as it is in the U.S., local historians say.
The story of Shadrach Minkins, a self-emancipated Black man from Virginia who fled to Montreal to escape slavery, is not as familiar to Quebecers as it is in the U.S., local historians say.
