British-American Institute

The British-American Institute of Science and Industry was a school started in 1842 by Josiah Henson near Dresden, Canada West, as part of the Dawn Settlement, a community of freedmen and fugitive slaves. The institute was a school for all ages designed to provide a general education and teacher training. For a short period it was a manual labour school. It was taken over by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in 1849. The school closed in 1868. Its site is now encompassed by the Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History (formerly Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site).[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History. "Reclaiming Josiah Henson". Ontario Heritage Trust. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  2. ^ Wang, Kelly (30 July 2022). "New name for Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site to reclaim legacy of Josiah Henson". globalnews.ca. Corus Entertainment. Retrieved 27 October 2023.

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