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The history of Blacks and Black communities in Guelph and Wellington County dates back to the earliest years of settlement by non First Nations peoples.

It is a history of courage against great odds - of escapes to freedom from slavery in the United States, of attempts at both segregated and integrated communities, of achievements in education, agriculture, the arts, military, politics, and sports.

This exhibition follows that history from the establishment of two settlements in Wellington County - Pierpoint and Queen's Bush - to the starting of a Black community in Guelph geographically centred on the British Methodist Episcopal Church.

The exhibition has been organized cooperatively between the Wellington County Museum and Archives, and Guelph Museums. Funding support was received from the Canadian Image Project of the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Canadian Museums Association. This exhibition is one of eleven such projects across Canada. The Guelph and Wellington project was guided by a community advisory committee consisting of participants from the Guelph and District Multicultural Centre, the Wellington County Board of Education, the University of Guelph History Department, the Wellington County Historical Society and volunteers of Guelph Museums.