Welcome to episode 10 of Season 3 of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. I reached out to Leander Lane during our across Canada trip over the summer of 2022 after Carol LaFayette-Boyd told me he would be a good person to talk to about Black history in Saskatchewan and the Prairies. Leader has done extensive research into his ancestors journeys in the late 1800s and early 1900s from the United States to Canada. Leander is the Great Grandson of Julius Caesar Lane who, along with Joseph Mayes, led 10 Black families to Canada to take advantage of the homesteading opportunities that Canada was offering. Leander shares his passion for learning about the Shiloh or North of the Gully People and how he helped raised the funds needed to restore and preserve the Shiloh Baptist Church.
