Amherstburg Freedom Museum

Amherstburg Freedom Museum, previously known as 'the North American Black Historical Museum', is located in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. It is a network based, non-benefit historical center that recounts the narrative of African-Canadians' history and commitments. Established in 1975 by neighborhood occupants, it jam and shows relics of African-Canadians, a large number of whose progenitors had entered Canada as outcasts from United States subjection. They discovered it generally simple to enter Canada from over the Detroit River. In spite of the fact that Michigan was a free domain and state, numerous exile slaves kept on settling in Canada with the end goal to be past the compass of the US Fugitive Slave Acts.

The Museum complex which houses changeless and brief shows, and comprises of the exhibition hall constructing, the Taylor Log Cabin-a notable home from that period, and Nazrey African Methodist Episcopal Church, National Historic Site. The gallery was established by Betty and Melvin "Macintosh" Simpson, a nearby couple, and formally joined in 1975. Their vision was to advance the rich legacy of African Canadians, a considerable lot of whose precursors had come as outcasts from bondage in the United States. In 2015, the North American Black Historical Museum praised its 40^th commemoration. It has changed its name to the Amherstburg Freedom Museum, to underscore its association with individuals looking for opportunity.