Barbara Castle of Germany in 1990, for services to European democracy. In September 2008 Northern Rail, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and PTEG (Passenger transport executive Group) named a train after her. The plaque was unveiled by Barbara's niece, Sonya Hinton, and Ruth Kelly MP (then Secretary of State for Transport). A commemorative brochure of the event was produced by PTEG. Notes Footnotes Bibliography Barbara Castle Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC, GCOT ("née" Betts; 6 October 1910 – 3 May 2002) was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Blackburn from 1945 to 1979,
The Blackburn Riots a Canadian crime because slavery had just been made illegal by the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833. The principal of this action was that Canada would not return slaves to their masters in the United States no matter what they had done. This established Canada as a safe terminus for the Underground Railroad. The Blackburn case was the first to be decided under that law. The Blackburns were released from jail, spent some time in Amherstburg, and then permanently relocated to Toronto in 1834. The Blackburn Riots The Blackburn riots occurred during the summer of 1833 in Detroit, Michigan. They