Natasha Henry is president of the Ontario Black History Society, and the author of several titles, including Emancipation Day: Celebrating Freedom in Canada, and Talking About Freedom: Celebrating Emancipation Day in Canada, among others. She is also the steward of a new research project entitled “One Too Many” - a dissertative effort focusing on the enslavement of African men, women, and children in Upper Canada between 1760 and 1834. In this conversation, Henry discusses the undertold history of slavery in Ontario, her contribution to the upcoming project, A Black People’s History of Canada, and her reasons for developing a Black Canadian digital archive to inform and empower the rest of the Pan-African family. This is how we RECOLLECT.

To connect with Natasha Henry, you can find her on Twitter @slaveryontario, or visit the project website at EnslavedAfricansinEarlyOntario.ca. To learn more about the Ontario Black History Society, please visit www.blackhistorysociety.ca. To purchase books, and support independent booksellers, please visit our collection at bookshop.org. To learn more about our other shows, including Sky is Black and the Pan-African Food Festival, please visit out website at www.recollect.media.