my home town and the underground railway
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-eight years and a million words
Toronto, 2013.03.10
It turns out that my home town was the northern end of the "underground railway", something that my mum has mentioned several times over the years. Today is "Harriet Tubman Day", named for the black American woman who first extended the route for southern black runaway slaves to St. Catharines, and who personally rescued many slaves. It's also the 100th anniversary of her death.
Today, St. Catharines is a rusted hulk of whatever it once was, but it's great to see that good things have happened there over the years.