Harriet Tubman’s Canadian church seeks help for repairs
Visitors provide income for the congregation, but it needs further funds to address its shifting foundation.
Salem Chapel British Methodist Episcopal Church, in St. Catharines, Ontario, an end point of the Underground Railroad. Photo by Apple789 via Creative Commons license.
A century and a half ago, a new Canadian church gave fleeing slaves a place to worship. Now the sanctuary that welcomed Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman and other escapees needs help itself.
The dwindling membership of Salem Chapel, a British Methodist Episcopal church just north of Niagara Falls, has started a crowdsourcing campaign in hopes of raising $100,000 (the equivalent of $77,486 in U.S. currency).
The congregation wants to shore up the building, which is in an area where heavy traffic has contributed to its shifting foundation.
