p { line-height: 1.5; } Section K, Lot 90 Toronto Necropolis Beverly Randolph Snow was born enslaved of mixed parentage (he is referred to as a mulatto in various newspapers) in Lynchburg, Virginia about 1799 on the estate of Captain William Norvell. He was a well-known black entrepr

p { line-height: 1.5; } Section K, Lot 107 Toronto Necropolis On May 31, 1866, members of the Queen’s Own Regiment of Volunteers (now the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada) were attending an evening concert at the old Mechanics Institute at Church and Adelaide Streets, when an officer ent

p { line-height: 1.5; } Section K, Lot 72 Toronto Necropolis On May 31, 1866, members of the Queen’s Own Regiment of Volunteers (now the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada) were attending an evening concert at the old Mechanics Institute at Church and Adelaide Streets, when an officer ente

p { line-height: 1.5; } Section C, Lot 19 Toronto Necropolis Following the suppression of Mackenzie’s rebellious forces in a brief, almost comical skirmish near the present Yonge and Carleton intersection, many of the rebels attempted to leave the province to avoid capture. Two who w

p { line-height: 1.5; } Section C, Lot 19 Toronto Necropolis Following the suppression of Mackenzie’s rebellious forces in a brief, almost comical skirmish near the present Yonge and Carleton intersection, many of the rebels attempted to leave the province to avoid capture. Two who w

p { line-height: 1.5; } Section 40, Lot 645 Prospect Cemetery Harry Gairey led the fight against discrimination for more than 75 years, and was a symbol of hope for Metropolitan Toronto’s black community. Born in St. Anne’s, Jamaica, Gairey came to Toronto in 1914. While working as a

p { line-height: 1.5; } Section 22, Lot 535 Prospect Cemetery On January 20, 1921, Ben Johnson, a restaurant owner in Woodstock, Ontario was shot and killed. On January 21, 25-year-old Norman Garfield and his 20-year-old brother, Denton, were arrested in London and charged. Denton, wh

p { line-height: 1.5; } Section 13, Lot 415 and Section 13, Lot 416 Prospect Cemetery Arthur Lucas and Ronald Turpin were the last two Canadians to suffer the death penalty before the abolition of capital punishment. They were hanged in the Don Jail back-to-back, shortly after midni

p { line-height: 1.5; } Section 13, Lot 416 and Section 13, Lot 415 Prospect Cemetery>br> Ronald Turpin and Arthur Lucas were the last two Canadians to suffer the death penalty before the abolition of capital punishment. They were hanged in the Don Jail back-to-back, shortly after mid

p { line-height: 1.5; } Section VNG, Lot 75 Toronto Necropolis Abbott was born in Toronto in 1837. He graduated from the University of Toronto, at the age of 23, around 1860 - the first Canadian-born black surgeon. From 1861 to 1865, he was one of only eight black surgeons serving in the Union Ar