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The freedom of Thornton and Lucie Blackburn became a cause celebré in the mid 1830s, sparking a race riot in Detroit & a diplomatic incident with Canada. Runaway slaves, Thornton & Lucie eventually settled in Toronto & worked tirelessly with other abolitionists against the slavery they had left behind in the Southern States.Frost, Karolyn Smardz is the author of 'I've Got a Home in Glory Land A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad', published 2007 under ISBN 9780374164812 and ISBN 0374164819.
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