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IMAGE INDEX xiii Image of John Bemrose by Brian Pickell 1 Gilston Farm, courtesy of The William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections, McMaster University Library 3 Daily Twitter, courtesy of The William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections, McMaster University Library 8 Image of Jessie Atkinson courtesy of Lynn C. Bilton 10 Image of gas station courtesy of Ronald Yorksie 12 Image of Ronald Yorksie courtesy of Ronald Yorksie 16 Image of settlers in their Sunday best courtesy of the Alvin D. McCurdy fonds, Archives of Ontario 17 Map of Southwestern Counties of Canada West - showing the principal stations of the free colored population, 1855, Pamphlet no. 41, courtesy of Archives of Ontario 18 Image of unidentified woman and her son (circa 1900) courtesy of the Alvin D. McCurdy fonds, Archives of Ontario 19 Image of Apps Mill courtesy of Lynn Synotte 26 Image of John Fielding courtesy of John Fielding 31 Image of tobacco field courtesy or Chatham-Kent Municipal Museum Digital Collections 36 Artwork by Ruby Jenkins 37 Image courtesy of Barbara Jenkins 41 Artwork by Leah Montani 45 Image of leaf by Brian Jenkins 46 Image courtesy of Brian Jenkins All other images are thanks to pexel.com, unsplash.com, & gratisography.com 50