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Slavery Accusations: Dundas Relative on Mission to Clear Name of 18th-Century Statesman

The pushback against renaming Toronto’s Dundas Street gained momentum recently after three former mayors spoke out in opposition to it, and a distant relative of Henry Dundas has renewed hope the proposal will be scrapped.

Jennifer Dundas, a retired crown prosecutor and former CBC reporter, has spent years reading through scholarly articles, books, official records, and journal entries related to the prominent British politician Henry Dundas (1742–1811).

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