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to Canada West (now Ontario, Canada), where thousands of former slaves had escaped to freedom and established new lives. He interviewed freedmen as well as government officials in Canada.

Early life and education

Howe was born on Pearl Street in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 10, 1801. His father, Joseph Neals Howe, was a ship-owner and rope manufacturer in Boston. The business was prosperous until

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