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has gloss | eng: Robert Sutherland, a native of Jamaica, (1830-1878) was the first known graduate of colour at a Canadian university, and the first Black man to study law in North America. A graduate of Queens University. Sutherland qualified to practice law in Ontario under the then prevailing system of apprenticeship and examination. He studied Law at Osgoode Law School and practiced law for 20 years in Walkerton, Ontario. Upon his death in 1878, Sutherlands left a large bequest (his entire estate of $12,000) to Queen's University, . He is rumoured to have had a son which he named Robert Sutherland jr after his father who was also called Robert Sutherland: |
lexicalization | eng: Robert Sutherland |
instance of | e/Black Canadians |
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