Amherstburg Freedom Museum - #OTD in 1943 baseball player Ferguson “Fergie” Jenkins was born in #Chatham to Delores Jackson and Ferguson Jenkins Sr. who played centre-field for the Chatham Coloured All-Stars. As
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