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Events |
People |
Objects |
| 1812 > |
Born and raised in Londonderry, Ireland |
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Ireland Map |
| 1830 > |
Enrolled in Glasgow University |
Sir Thomas Buxton |
Glasgow University |
| 1833 > |
Moved to North America |
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King Farm In Ohio |
| 1836 > |
Accepted a teaching position and moved south |
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Rector Papers |
| 1841 > |
Married Mary Phares and becomes a slaveowener |
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Bed carved by slaves |
| 1843 > |
Became a father |
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| 1844 > |
Enrolled at Edinburgh University to become a Minister |
Frederick Douglass |
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| 1846 > |
Loses his family |
Rev. Thomas Chalmers |
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| 1848 > |
Settled his Louisiana estate |
Dr. David Phares |
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| 1848 > |
Frees his slaves |
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King's Slaves |
| 1849 > |
Creation of the Elgin Association |
George Brown |
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| 1849 > |
Elgin Settlement beginnings |
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Settlement |
| 1850 > |
Encountered financial difficulties |
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Liberty Bell |
| 1851 > |
Appointed Trustee of the Chatham Collegiate Institute |
Dr. Thomas Cross |
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| 1853 > |
Influenced Buxton society |
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| 1853 > |
Married Jemima Nichole Baxter, daughter of Rev. David Baxter of Roxoborough Shire, Scotland. |
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King Household Items |
| 1856 > |
Inspired a book character of Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 1873 > |
Dissolution of Elgin Association and a vacation abroad |
Archibald McKellar |
Elgin Association Receipt
Anchor Line Passenger List |
| 1880 > |
King Retires |
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King at Clayton House, Buxton, ON |
| 1887 > |
Jemima King dies and King moves to Chatham |
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| 1892 > |
Wrote his autobiography |
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Autobiography of Rev. William King |
| 1893 > |
Wrote the King Family History |
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King Family History |
| 1895 > |
January 7, 1895
Rev. King died in his home |
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Obituary |
| 2005 > |
Rev. Wm. King Designated as a National Historic Person |
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