Karolyn Smardz Frost

Karolyn Smardz Frost is a Canadian historian who won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction in 2007 for I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad.

Smardz Frost is a historian, archaeologist, and professor of history. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Archaeology, a Master’s degree in Classical Studies and a PhD in Canadian History.[1] She was one of the founders of Toronto's Archaeological Resource Centre which provides archaeological education to school children.[2]

In 1985 Smardz Frost excavated the home of Thornton and Lucie Blackburn and later told their story in I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad.[3]

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  1. ↑ "Smardz Frost to lecture on African Canadian history at Yale"
  2. ↑ Karolyn Smardz Frost - Yale University - Department of African Studies
  3. ↑ Karolyn Smardz Frost - Yale University - Department of African Studies