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Salem Chapel in St. Catharines gets $100K in federal support
A historic Black church in St. Catharines is getting $100,000 of federal funding.
Salem Chapel BME Church was designated a national historic site in 1999 as the home congregation of Harriet Tubman.
Tubman was a leading figure in the abolitionist movement of the late 1800s.
She helped African Americans escape from slavery as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, smuggling them from the United States to Canada.
Restoring Salem Chapel
Still an active church, Salem Chapel launched a GoFundMe campaign in September 2017 for an emergency restoration. That campaign closed last week, having surpassed its goal of $100,000.
