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The Founder of Elgin Settlement

"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"
Mark 8:36

	Events	People	Objects
1812 >	Born and raised in Londonderry, Ireland		Ireland Map
1830 >	Enrolled in Glasgow University	Sir Thomas Buxton	Glasgow University
1833 >	Moved to North America		King Farm In Ohio
1836 >	Accepted a teaching position and moved south		Rector Papers
1841 >	Married Mary Phares and becomes a slaveowener		Bed carved by slaves
1843 >	Became a father
1844 >	Enrolled at Edinburgh University to become a Minister	Frederick Douglass
1846 >	Loses his family	Rev. Thomas Chalmers
1848 >	Settled his Louisiana estate	Dr. David Phares
1848 >	Frees his slaves		King's Slaves
1849 >	Creation of the Elgin Association	George Brown
1849 >	Elgin Settlement beginnings		Settlement
1850 >	Encountered financial difficulties		Liberty Bell
1851 >	Appointed Trustee of the Chatham Collegiate Institute	Dr. Thomas Cross
1853 >	Influenced Buxton society
1853 >	Married Jemima Nichole Baxter, daughter of Rev. David Baxter of Roxoborough Shire, Scotland		King Household Items
1856 >	Inspired a book character of Harriet Beecher Stowe	Harriet Beecher Stowe	Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
1856-8 >	Hosted notable visitors and gave tours of the settlement	Horace Greeley Henry Christy 5th Earl Spencer	King Household Items
1859 >	Fund-raising trip to the British Isles The Anti Slavery Reporter by the British & Foreign Anti-slavery Society	Dr. Martin Delany	Donation Flyer Donation Letter Will of Barbara Donaldson
1861-5 >	Civil War Insights	Samuel Gridley Howe	The Refugees From Slavery in Canada West
1865 >	Hopes for a new Buxton in the south
1873 >	Dissolution of Elgin Association and a vacation abroad	Archibald McKellar	Elgin Association Receipt Anchor Line Passenger List
1880 >	King Retires		King at Clayton House, Buxton, ON
1887 >	Jemima King dies and King moves to Chatham
1892 >	Wrote his autobiography		Autobiography of Rev. William King
1893 >	Wrote the King Family History		King Family History
1895 >	January 7, 1895 Rev. King died in his home		Obituary
2005 >	Rev. Wm. King Designated as a National Historic Person

William King
could have lived a life
of ease in the opulent
antebellum South,
but he was a man who
dared to stand by his
convictions.

He made his home
among the oppressed
and opened doors
for those who had been
victims of the most
vicious racial cruelty.

His story is one of
passion, courage, faith, and determination.

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The Founder of Elgin Settlement

"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Mark 8:36

"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"
Mark 8:36