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Archaeologist, historian, and author.
Winner of the 2007 Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction.
KAROLYN SMARDZ FROST
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Karolyn with Hon. Jean Augustine, Bill Bradberry, Dorothy Abbott, Dr. Afua Cooper & Kathy Grant at opening of A Freedom Seeker's Toronto, 2nd Anniversary of Lucie & Thornton Blackburn Conference Centre
Karolyn with Shannon Ricketts, Parks Canada, at National Archives, Dec. 12, 2006
Karolyn and Speaker Dave Levac of the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Karolyn receives Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction from Governor General Michaëlle Jean
Blackburn Site, the first Underground Railroad site excavated in Canada, discovered by Karolyn in Toronto, 1985
Students at the Blackburn dig, 1985
Kids digging at the Blackburn site, 1985
Louisville Kentucky Blackburn Plaque
Karolyn, CBC Radio interview after GG Award announcement, Montreal Nov. 27, 2006
Karolyn at Society for American Archaeology subcommittee meeting in Colorado, 1997
Karolyn with Norm Frost, Governor General's Award Banquet, Rideau Hall Dec. 13, 2006
Karolyn digging at the Blackburn site
1910 postcard of Cataract House, Green Island, Niagara Falls, NY, through which Cecilia Jane Reynolds escaped in 1846
Karolyn and Paulette Kelly, VP Ontario Black History Society, at Speaker's Book Award ceremony March 5, 2018
Foundation of Cecelia Jane Reynolds' Toronto home, excavated in 2015
Foundations of Cecelia Jane Reynolds' Toronto home, excavated in 2015
Blackburn grave, Toronto Necropolis
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