Alvin Duncan

Biography

Alvin B. Aberdeen Duncan (27 February 1913 – 29 January 2009) was an African Canadian historian and a Royal Canadian Air Force veteran of World War II. Duncan's family is the only family known in Oakville, Ontario who were directly involved in the Underground Railroad. Duncan was a descendant of black farmer and conductor James Wesley Hill, known as Canada Jim, who brought over 700 slaves to Oakville Harbour in Ontario's Underground Railway. Duncan was the sole Black historian in Oakville, whose research in Black history in Canada resulted in permanent heritage exhibits in Oakville Museum.

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