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It was unveiled Monday north of the chapel on the east side of the ravine. Monument project volunteer Aly Boltman says the historically overlooked Potter’s Field, also known as the Indigent Lot, came into use in 1858 and was a burial ground for more than 130 years for babies, orphans, seniors, Indigenous people, the working poor, the incarcerated and the homeless are buried there. Boltman says many from Owen Sound’s historic Black community, including those who escaped on the Underground Railroad and their descendants, share the resting place, “These were citizens who faced systemic racism, often resulting in deep poverty,” says Boltman.

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