Encompasses all of Canada. Upper Canada (so named because of it being up river along the St. Lawrence) was where most of the activity around self-emancipated African-Americans (and thus Afro-Canadians) happened.
Census records show that Rinaldo Burleigh is blind, that Lydia Burleigh is still alive, that Mary their eldest, still lives with them, and that Lucian Burleigh and George Burleigh, with their families, live next door.
Census records showing Burleigh families in Plainfield. Charles and Gertrude have moved with their family, next door to his father Rinaldo. Their mother is no longer alive, and Mary married Jesse Ames, who also lives on the farm. Lucian and his family are still next door.
Catalogue of the Trustees, Instructors, and Students of Plainfield Academy. For the year, ending, August 1833. Brooklyn CT: Unionist Press, 1833. Courtesy of Boston Atheneum.
Chapter head illustration for Chapter III of "The Court of King Arthur: stories from the Land of the Round Table" by William Henry Frost. Illustrated by Sydney Richmond Burleigh.
Chapter head illustration for Chapter IX of "The Court of King Arthur: stories from the Land of the Round Table" by William Henry Frost. Illustrated by Sydney Richmond Burleigh.
Chapter head illustration for Chapter V of "The Court of King Arthur: stories from the Land of the Round Table" by William Henry Frost. Illustrated by Sydney Richmond Burleigh.
Chapter head illustration for Chapter XI of "The Court of King Arthur: stories from the Land of the Round Table" by William Henry Frost. Illustrated by Sydney Richmond Burleigh.
