Standing on land her formerly enslaved ancestor had worked with his bare hands after fleeing to Canada via the Underground Railroad, singer Tracy Johnson couldn’t help but feel moved.
She was inspired by the deeds of Josephus Malott, who left the United States to seek his freedom in 1829, but also saddened by an injustice that followed.
“He cleared nearly 20 acres away, and he was never able to purchase his land,” she said of the site near Wallenstein known as the Queen’s Bush Settlement.
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