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The African Methodist Episcopal Church of Oro

Photos by Alan L Brown - July, 2009

Plaque Location

In the Township of Oro-Medonte in the County of Simcoe
at coordinates N 44 30.160 W 79 38.180

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Plaque Text

Built in 1849, this church is the last vestige of one of the oldest African-Canadian settlements in Upper Canada. Here at Oro, former members of the Loyalist militia from the War of 1812 established the only Black community sponsored by the government. Free Blacks from the northern United States later joined them. Located in the heart of a strategic and vulnerable region, the community guarded against an American invasion via Georgian Bay. This church is a testament to the contribution of African Canadians to the settlement and defence of Canada in the 19th century.

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