Karolyn Smardz Frost Explained

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] [4]}

Works

• The underground railroad: next stop, Toronto! (2003) with Adrienne L Shadd and Afua Cooper
• I've got a home in glory land: a lost tale of the underground railroad (2007)

Notes and References

1. http://sharenews.com/smardz-frost-to-lecture-on-african-canadian-history-at-yale/ "Smardz Frost to lecture on African Canadian history at Yale"
2. Web site: Karolyn Smardz Frost - Yale University - Department of African Studies . 2013-05-24 . https://archive.today/20130626184301/http://afamstudies.yale.edu/faculty/karolyn-smardz-frost . 2013-06-26 . dead .
3. Web site: Karolyn Smardz Frost - Yale University - Department of African Studies . 2013-05-24 . https://archive.today/20130626184301/http://afamstudies.yale.edu/faculty/karolyn-smardz-frost . 2013-06-26 . dead .
4. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/07/george-brown-college-honours-black-community-pioneers.html "George Brown College honours black community pioneers"