Joseph Campan owned ten at one time.

The importation of slaves was discontinued after September 17, 1792, by act of the Canadian Parliament which provided also that all born thereafter should be free at the age of twenty-five.
The Ordinance of 1787 had by its sixth article prohibited it.] [Footnote 49: In 1836 a colored man traveling in the West to Cleveland said: "I have met with good treatment at every place on my journey, even better than what I expected under present circumstances.

I will relate an incident that took place on board the steamboat, which will give an idea of the kind treatment with which I have met.

When I took the boat at Erie, it being rainy and somewhat disagreeable, I took a cabin passage, to which the captain had not the least objection.

When dinner was announced, I intended not to go to the first table but the mate came and urged me to take a seat.