A Toronto man chained himself to a sign as part of a hunger strike at a historic cemetery in Niagara-on-the-Lake this week in an attempt to get the town to pay to unearth and restore the headstones of Black settlers.
"It was an act of desperation, I've been trying for the last nearly two years to convince the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake to do the right thing, to provide some respect to the folks who are buried there," James Russell, 76, told CTV News Toronto.
In May 2021, Russell paid $2,400 dollars for ground-penetrating radar on the site after petitioning the town.The burial ground dates back to 1830 when a Baptist church was on the site. "You've owned that property for the last 140 years, that's when the Baptist Church turned it over and successive town councils have stalled, and now you're stalling," Russell said.
The town notes any work plans must be approved by the Bereavement Authority of Ontario and Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries' prior to project initiation.
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