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Rella Braithwaite

1923–2019

Canada

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Rella Aylestock Braithwaite (January 29, 1923 – July 23, 2019) was a Canadian author. She was born in Mapleton, Ontario, a descendant of Black pioneers who settled in the Queen's Bush area. Her ancestors escaped slavery in America through the Underground Railroad, and lived in the first African-Canadian pioneer settlement in Ontario.

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