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      Meet John Ware, a man born into slavery who became a living Alberta legend | CBC.ca Loaded

      Meet John Ware, a man born into slavery who became a living Alberta legend

      8 years ago
      Duration 0:29

      Meet John Ware, a man born into slavery who became a living Alberta legend

      • 8 years ago
      • News
      • Duration 0:29

      The story of John Ware is tough to resist — a freed slave who made his way north to establish a ranch in what became Alberta — and is now the subject of a National Film Board movie being shot on the old Ware homestead.

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