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Did You Know?

Lucan was originally called Wilberforce, after William Wilberforce, a British politician and one of the leaders of the movement to abolish slavery and the slave trade.

Wilberforce was originally settled by freed slaves from the United States in 1830.

 

LINKS

Education:

Heaven and Hell on Earth
The Donnellys: Sticks and Stones/the St. Nicholas Hotel/Handcuffs by James Reaney
Sticks and Stones Study Guide

Donnelly Lore:

Some accurate and not so accurate stories about the Donnelly’s

http://www.donnellys.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Donnellys
http://www.elfmanworld.com/spookyarchive/donnelly.html
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/family/donnelly/1.html
http://www.leggsgeneralstore.ca/donnellyofbiddulph.html
http://www.trurodaily.com/index.cfm?sid=160620&sc=73;

Donnelly Sites:

http://www.quadro.net/~donnelly/
Courthouse where the trials of the alleged murderers of the Donnelly’s took place.

Research:

University of Western Ontario Archives
Trent University Archives

Music:

http://www.discollective.com/music/Reviews:Track_id_5001882
http://hectormacisaac.com/donnellys.html
http://cfmb.icaap.org/content/1984/18.3/10-Black_Donnelly's.pdf
http://www.drog.com/albums/stomp.htm

 
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