Rose Fortune

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Rose Fortune (born Virginia 13 March? 1773 - 20 February 1864) was an African American and the first female police officer in what is now Canada.

[edit] Biography

Rose Fortune was born into slavery in the southern United States. She came to Nova Scotia as an enslaved person with a Loyalist family. She was just 10 years old. The family settled in Annapolis Royal. Here Fortune gained her freedom. In 1825, she started her own business, the Lewis Transfer Company. She carted luggage between the ferry docks and nearby homes and hotels. Later Fortune became the town's police officer, patrolling the town and wharf. She also joined the underground railroad to help African Americans escape slavery(http://www.coolwomen.org/coolwomen/cwsite.nsf/vwWeek/86CCA4D21950341085256644004C6CA6?OpenDocument).

[edit] External links

• Nova Scotia Archives: African Nova Scotians: Rose Fortune
• Famous Canadians: Rose Fortune
• Find-A-Grave: Rose Fortune
• The African American Registry: Rose Fortune
• The Canadian Encyclopedia: Rose Fortune
• http://books.google.com/books?id=Jgq40Kr8rGAC&pg=PA116&dq=rose+fortune+african+american&sig=uk0adhlPrx6tnSwM8j_WXNvxyaE
• http://www.destee.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31876
• http://ontario.psac.com/BlackHistoryMonth.shtml
• http://blacklegacyimages.com/_wsn/page2.html
• http://ablenet.ca/pdf/fortunebutler.pdf
• http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/africanns/archives.asp?ID=33&Language=English
• http://www.achannel.ca/ottawa/promo/black/history.html