Using the baptismal and marriage records of Old St. Paul’s (Christ Church after 1860), we compiled a preliminary list of Black members of the congregation, and linked the names on the list to the manuscript census records for Chatham, in 1861. Click on a name to see the image of the record, available through the Library and Archives Canada website.
The list provides a detailed snapshot of Black participation in the life of the congregation, and establishes the link between the congregation and prominent Black abolitionists on the eve of the American Civil War.
Black members of the Old St. Paul’s/Christ Church congregation (circa 1860)
Thomas Bell
Anna Elizabeth Bell
Georgianna (Georgetta) Charity
Emma August Charity
Toussaint L’Ouverture Delany
