Dresden, Ontario is a town in the southwestern part of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is a part of the municipality of Chatham-Kent. Dresden is best known as the home of Josiah Henson, the former American slave whose life story was the inspiration for the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. The Henson homestead is a historic site near Dresden today. Dresden is located on the Sydenham River. The community is named after Dresden, Germany and was formerly known as Fairport. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total... Nickname: The Maple City Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario County none–Single-tier municipality Established 1998 City Mayor Diane Gagner Governing body Chatham-Kent Council MPs Bev Shipley (CPC) Dave Van Kesteren (CPC) MPPs Pat Hoy (OLP) Maria Van Bommel (OLP) Area - City 2,458 km² (949 sq mi) Elevation... Josiah Henson (June 15, 1789 – May 5, 1883) was born into slavery in Charles County, Maryland. ... Wiktionary has related dictionary definitions, such as: slave Slave may refer to: Slavery, where people are owned by others, and live to serve their owners without pay Slave (BDSM), a form of sexual and consenual submission Slave clock, in technology, a clock or timer that synchrnonizes to a master clock... Uncle Toms Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is a novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe which treats slavery as a central theme. ...
The boundaries of Quebec were expanded to include the Ohio Country and Illinois Country, from the Appalachian Mountains on the east, south to the Ohio River, west to the Mississippi River and north to the southern boundary of lands owned by the Hudson's Bay Company, or Rupert's Land.
1885–The split between the Orange in Ontario and Roman Catholic Quebec is aggravated further by Protestant public support in Ontario for the hanging of Louis Riel, convicted of treason for his role in the North-West Rebellion that year.
Ontario objects to a federal remedial bill to restore French schools in Manitoba in part because of its support for provincial rights, and in part because of the influence of a Protestant Equal rights movement begun in response to pro-Roman Catholic policies instituted in Quebec.
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