Thornton Blackburn
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Thornton Blackburn was an enslaved person who escaped to Canada and, along with his wife Lucie, founded Toronto's first taxi company in 1837, significantly contributing to the city's early business landscape and aiding other freedom seekers.
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The Blackburns became successful business people and helped many other freedom seekers settle in Toronto.
Letters to the editor, July 27: ‘I hope the people of Battle River-Crowfoot deny Pierre Poilievre the opportunity to again mount the soapbox of negativism and fear’The Globe and Mail·
Canada· 2025-07-27
Canada· 2025-07-27
