{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Educated Imagination","provider_url":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog","author_name":"Michael Happy","author_url":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/author\/michaelhappy\/","title":"\"Act Against Slavery\" - The Educated Imagination","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"x8SCBvmvBc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2010\/07\/09\/act-against-slavery\/\">&#8220;Act Against Slavery&#8221;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2010\/07\/09\/act-against-slavery\/embed\/#?secret=x8SCBvmvBc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;&#8220;Act Against Slavery&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; The Educated Imagination\" data-secret=\"x8SCBvmvBc\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe of Upper Canada, anti-slavery advocate On this date in 1793, the Act Against Slavery was passed in Upper Canada (present day Ontario), also prohibiting the importation of slaves into Lower Canada (present day Quebec).\u00a0 This was a full fourteen years before the British Empire outlawed the slave trade, forty years before [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/06\/simcoe_jg1.gif","thumbnail_width":384,"thumbnail_height":375}