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Vigilance Committee Gathering

Name: Vigilance Committee Gathering
Start: 1880-02-03
End: 1880-02-03
Location: Cedar Swamp Schoolhouse

When: February 3, 1880
Where: Cedar Swamp Schoolhouse
Part of: Black Donnelly Massacre kills five members of the Donnelly family in Biddulph Township, Ontario

Members of the Vigilance Committee allegedly gathered at the Cedar Swamp Schoolhouse on the evening of February 3, 1880, before proceeding to the Donnelly homestead.

The Vigilance Committee, a splinter group that included Constable James Carroll and other Irish-Canadians with grievances against the Donnelly family, allegedly gathered at the Cedar Swamp Schoolhouse in Biddulph late in the evening of February 3, 1880, before proceeding to the Donnelly homestead. The committee was later blamed for the massacre of the Donnelly family.

Sources

Black Donnellys Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-07

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