Burr Plato
Template:Short description Burr Plato (c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".–1905) was a Canadian political figure.
Of African-American background, he was born into slavery in Logan County, today part of West Virginia.[1] Burr succeeded in escaping enslavement and making his way to Canada in 1856 after an arduous journey culminating in a swim to freedom across the Niagara River to Canada West, where he settled.[2] With a reputation locally in Niagara Falls, Ontario, for honesty in business affairs, Plato became a prominent property owner and served from 1886 to 1901 in Niagara Falls as an elected councillor.
Plato died in 1905.
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- City of Niagara Falls Museums – Black History at www.niagarafallsmuseum.ca
- Electoral firsts in Canada#African-Canadians
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- 1830s births
- 1905 deaths
- People from Logan County, West Virginia
- 19th-century American slaves
- American emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario
- Black Canadian politicians
- Niagara Falls, Ontario city councillors
- Immigrants to the Province of Canada
- Black Canadian businesspeople
- Canadian people of African-American descent