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Nazrey AME Church, Amherstburg

A commemorative plaque at the Nazrey African Methodist Episcopal Church in Amherstburg, Ontario, photographed in 2015.
A commemorative plaque at the Nazrey African Methodist Episcopal Church in Amherstburg, Ontario, photographed in 2015. The Nazrey African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, Amherstburg, Ontario (21747201166) · Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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In 1848, refugees from American slavery built the Nazrey African Methodist Episcopal Church by hand to serve Amherstburg’s growing Black community. The stone chapel is perhaps the building type most representative of Underground Railroad communities, and it is associated with Bishop Willis Nazrey, first leader of the British Methodist Episcopal Church, a wholly Canadian denomination founded by Underground Railroad refugees.

Scope & context

The church and its significance, not the Underground Railroad as a whole (see CA-K150).

Sources behind this record

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Nazrey African Methodist Episcopal Church National Historic Site ↗

Parks Canada

Description of historic place; Heritage value