Buxton's Liberty Bell
(cast by A.Fulton, Pittsburg, 1850)

Inscription: reads" Presented to Rev. Wm. King by the colored inhabitants of Pittsburgh for the Academy at Raleigh C. West" May be found in the steeple of St. Andrews's Church, South Buxton, Ontario, Canada. It continues to toll a call to worship to this day.

The Buxton Liberty Bell was a gift from the coloured people of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to the Coloured inhabitants of Raleigh Canada West. It was to be hung in the school, and was to be a reminder to the people of the Buxton Settlement of their sisters and brothers who remained in bondage. It is said that the Buxton bell was rung every time a fugitive slave reached freedom in the Buxton Settlement. When the new St. Andrews church was erected in 1858, the bell was hung in the steeple where it remains today.

Very few of the descendants of those first settlers have ever seen the Buxton Liberty Bell. Because of safety regulations, no one is now allowed to go up into the steeple to view the bell. The Buxton Historical Society is presently launching a project to have a replica of the bell made and displayed at the Buxton Museum. The bell is represented on the National Historic Sites plaques for the Buxton Settlement.