I watched this movie on the Hallmark Channel this weekend. The movie was quite good, and I wanted to find out more about the real Mink family; however, I haven't had much luck. Does anyone know where I can find more information about the Minks?
shareTry this one: <http://www.adecco.ca/uploads/files/king_street_e._historyfinalforwebsite_loadoct.28-04.pdf>; It's a pdf.
About 1/2 way down is a segment on James Mink: "Behind 107 and 109 (King Street East, in Toronto) stood the first Masonic Hall, which fronted Church Street. It started out as a hotel, once owned by James Mink, built in 1841. James Mink was a black man, the son of American slaves, who had come to Canada via the Underground Railroad. Upper Canada had abolished slavery in 1793, though it didnʼt become law in the British Empire until 1833, still way ahead of our American cousins. He amassed a great fortune and built the hotel. He had a daughter, and to insure a good marriage for her offered 10 thousand dollars to the suitable man. The man chosen then took Miss Mink to America, where he sold her into slavery. James Mink and his Irish born wife then went to the Georgia Plantation where she was held captive and rescued her again, via the Underground Railroad. That story was made into a movie starring Lou Gossett Jr."
Glad you pasted info from the PDF, because the link is dead now.
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