The John Freeman Walls Historic Site & Underground Railroad Museum is located in Puce, Ontario, Canada. It was established as a family plantation in 1798 by Sir John Graves Sinclar. He had proposed a bill that led to the abolition of slavery in this area of Canada. This led to the pilgrimage of over one thousand fugitive slaves to come north to freedom in Ontario. John Freeman Walls was one of them. In 1846, John Walls built a log cabin on a foundation of four rocks. This land was a terminal end point of the famous Underground Railroad. The museum re-enacts the road to freedom, and the tale of the Walls family history through unique audience participation. Annually, a tribute to Mrs. Rosa Parks is held during her "Pathways to Freedom" summer educational tours. |
