Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-05-14
UPPER CANADA.
4 Country Which Had Slavery Until 1893
The Days Of No StOycs-1he Old-fashlon-
ed Fireplace. Baking in the Ashes-Leeks
as FOOd-Popular Beliefin
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ly smoke of slavery as once existing in |
Ontario. Many persons who have not
looked into the history OF our country |
closely have been almost disposed to
doubt my statement. The subject is
so interesting that will speak more
fully on the point Great Britain abol-
ished slavery in the British West In
dies as late as 1888, and paid f2O,OOO,.
600 for the slaves to their owners. 1t
is difficult at this time to tell why our
i0rcfatherS in Ontario were so much
in advance of the mother country as
well as the United States, for We ind
that they abolished slavery from Upper
Canada in July, 1898. Ofccurse there
were not many slaves in Upper Canada
at the time; still there were some, but
il seems no compensation was ever
paid to the owners for such slaves.
Just think what Il fearful cost OF treas
ure and precious lives the United
States were called upon in the late
war to stand, in order to rid their
country Of slavery. Had they abolish
ed slavery at the time our torcfathers
NV, Nv uouTI tno ao,, ,, arortoJ aud
ncIi'Uh Wo"i'. ,Iag m"'o ,,.Ln I,," "o oLoi;sLoJ
slavery, they could not have had very
many slaves at the most, and even II
they were paid for they would not have
cost any thing like so great a sum as
Hroal Dri,n!m IAN pau i"' '''' " ''' '"'''
slaves III 1000
Then maintain that our ioreialners
in Upper Canada in i93 were lar IN
advance III puplic SP'rIt anu lluo ptii
lanthropy OF our American COUSINS iol
we do not lind that the Americans at
this time made any great aSlatloh 10
rid their country ol inc cursc VI saw "
ry' IL thcre were l,o "t'iot i"o. w ~
proud OF in our early history or PROUD
OF our country tins act ot our % iotH-
fathers is one in which we can Justly
take pride and makes US more ierNeht-
| ly prize our peerless upper 'al"u"'
Not wishing to be TOO elaborate on
this subject yet feel tnat l must IN
sert tnc acl aooi'SHi"S s'nNc'y III ."i'.
In July, lTo3, the lrst Parliament OF
Upper Canada, at t'iull 'caileu
together ut Niagara ny Lieut. nov
John Graves Slmcoe' passed. ah "et Us
follows; , uo,,o,
CHATTER I, SECTION l. Thereafter
no person snail OBTAIN license lo' 'le w,
importation OF any negro or olher per
son who shall come or Oo brought 'hto
this province after the passing oi thi'
act, to be subject to the condition Oh
slave nor ShaI! any VoIuh'ats con,iau ,i...,.
of service be Dlnding ior longer lcrli
than nine years.
SEC. >. This clause enables inc pres
cnl owners OF slaves III llclr POSSES POSSES
sion to retain them or Dlhd out 'he'
children until they attain tho aSo q
q years.
SEC. ). And IN order 10 prevent III
continuance oil slavery III inns proNlhc
: the children that shall be oorh o
female slaves after Inc passlh
/ Of this act to remain Ill thc service q
'. the owner OF their mother until IN
i age OF % years, when they snail
,, discharged.
Provided, that IN case any issue Sha
:. be born Oi such children during thc'
= scryltudc or after, such issue snail d
entitled TO all the rights OF lrce-oor
subjects.
BY this simple act OF our llrS' Parlla
mcnt our country was eilectually II
: of this pest without shedding dro
II of blood or the expenditure OF sii
gle dollar in money. All honor 10 OF
forcfathers and thrice Tor our Dal
ner free province. Our torrlathers
this time and long after had no stove
II in their Lighthouses. All cook'hg
- well rs heating was done Dy INC ilr'
y. place. A crane swung on hinges I'M
! this great fireplace, which could
=, swung out from the lire at pleaSur
} Attached to this crane was an lro
-, having notches therein anu hltil
w over this pendant IRON rod was 4
~ other shorter iron, with a INK as Oh
- chain on the end thereon: ms III
l. lifted into the notchcS on the iirst hc
~ ." toned iron, BY this means the low
;, iron could be raised or lowered No'
W by hanging pot on the lower ehu
., the shorter iron rod II could DO rals'
Us '' or lowered into or above the lre
T. pleasure. Thus our toretathers q
- their first cooking IN upper Cahau
~ The corn cake, or wheaton cake, VIII
" they had it. was baked in the ash'
- and wonderfully sweet old perso
II, ~, thought it. The fact that it was &C
no no cred with some loose ashes did not
w =" tract from its sweetness; these we
w. ", soon brushed away, leaving the TOOL
W. W. some cake within.
WI M The first improvement in the cul
no no arv art OF our forcfathers came
'o- bake-oven. These were tin trays,
Il it were, open on one side. III
nu would be set before the fireplace, W
,cu the open side fronting the fire. III
ld' the rays of heat would be collect
ak and in n measure confined within
oven. and the bread or cakes wit
were soon nicely Drowned and bak
wn 1t was considered an immense str
by our forefathers when they got til
lay bake-oyens, and for years they did
ospire to ANYTHING better.
Ovens out of doors were built
some of stone. Such were conica
all shane and open in the center.
tbe immense fire would be built in
nge outdoor oven and. when burnt to /
,d1rt live Goals. would be all drawn out.
Tho stones would thus be thoroughly ht
Iins cd Into the cavity in which the
IN had bcen the bread would be inser
# is and the door stopped up. Enough
the tent heat would remain in the sto