Between August 15 and August 22, 1829, white mobs in Cincinnati burned and demolished Black houses, and up to 1,500 Black residents were driven outside the city limits, some starting a settlement in Ontario, which they named Wilberforce after the British abolitionist, with help from Quaker donations (because the city of Cincinnati refused to aid them).
Sunday, December 12, 2021
A Brief History of The Wilberforce Colony
Between August 15 and August 22, 1829, white mobs in Cincinnati burned and demolished Black houses, and up to 1,500 Black residents were driven outside the city limits, some starting a settlement in Ontario, which they named Wilberforce after the British abolitionist, with help from Quaker donations (because the city of Cincinnati refused to aid them).
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