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Jean Rix, Pearl Clunes, Aldith Farrar-Karram, Joan Cooke, and Catherine Dean are all nurses from the West Indies that studied at the St. Michael's Hospital in the 1950s. Jean Rix became the second Black nursing student to graduate St. Michael's…

A column from the Glasgow Weekly Times dating back to September 20, 1860 explaining some of the John Anderson extradition case details.

An editorial from The Globe responding to the John Anderson extradition crisis. The article questions whether Canada should legally surrender Anderson, an enslaved man from Missouri, to U.S. authorities. It critiques the application of the Ashburton…

A formal portrait of Henry John Temple, the 3rd Viscount Palmerston, one of the longest serving members in government and finally become leader, serving as Prime Minister until his death in October 1865.

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The thumbnail from Black Theatre Workshop's video in which the interview Tyrone Benskin about the impact and goals of Black Theater Workshop.

A coloured 19th-century plan of the city of Hamilton, Ontario, divided into numbered wards (I–VII). The map shows detailed street layouts, wharves, railroads, and shoreline features bordering Burlington Bay. Districts are shaded in different colours…

First Baseball card of Baseball player Jimmy Claxton while he played for the Oakland Oaks