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People

Faces from the records. Each person's story is in the chapter linked from the caption's source.

Nations of the Strait

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Ogimaa Oshawana (John Naudee) of Bkejwanong (Walpole Island)
Ogimaa Oshawana (John Naudee) of Bkejwanong (Walpole Island). Ogimaa Oshawana of Bkejwanong (Walpole Island), photographed at the Grand General Council, Brantford, September 1858. Photographer unknown. Library and Archives Canada, C-008543 / e010797042. Public domain.
Tecumseh, after an 1808 sketch by Pierre Le Dru (Lossing)
Tecumseh, after an 1808 sketch by Pierre Le Dru (Lossing). Tecumseh, engraving after a sketch attributed to Pierre Le Dru. B. J. Lossing, The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812 (1868). Public domain.
Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames (C. W. Jefferys watercolour)
Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames (C. W. Jefferys watercolour). Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames, 5 October 1813. C. W. Jefferys, 1912 (imagined scene). From N. S. Gurd, The Story of Tecumseh. Public domain.

Freedom Shore

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Mary Ann Shadd (portrait)
Mary Ann Shadd (portrait). Mary Ann Shadd, 1850s. Photographer unknown. Library and Archives Canada, C-029977. Public domain.
Portrait of Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Portrait of Mary Ann Shadd Cary. Portrait of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1855 to 1860. Unknown creator. Mary Ann Shadd Cary collection, Library and Archives Canada, e011536885.

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