Author: Oscar William WinzerlingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acadians
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
The Removal of Acadians from France to Louisiana, 1763-1785
Author: Oscar William WinzerlingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acadians
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Acadian Odyssey
Author: Oscar W. WinzerlingPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807159298
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
First published in 1955, Oscar Winzerling's Acadian Odyssey has remained unsurpassed as a study of the exodus of 1755. Following their eviction from Nova Scotia by the English, many hundreds of Acadians spent years in various seaport concentration camps in England before reuniting with their fellow exiles in the port cities of France. In 1783, the refugees Based upon original documents uncovered by the author in European national and private archives, Acadian Odyssey details the history of the Cajun people, whose traditions and beliefs stand as a cultural cornerstone of the state of Louisiana.
The Acadian Exiles; A Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline
Author: Arthur G. DoughtyPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387054017
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
The Acadian Refugees in France, 1758-1785
Author: Jean-François MouhotPublisher: University of Louisiana
ISBN: 9781935754756
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
On May 10, 1785, the Bon Papa, a modest three-master of 280 tons, hoisted its sails at Paimboeuf, France, near Nantes, and headed west. On board were thirty-six families whom the owner of the boat had promised to bring to port. The ship, which arrived at its destination on July 29, 1785--after eighty days on the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico waters--was only the first of seven ships carrying nearly 1,600 Acadians to Spain's Louisiana colony. Thirty years, almost to the day, before the arrival of Bon Papa in New Orleans, seven or eight times as many Acadians had embarked on ships from Nova Scotia, Canada. Between July 28 and July 31, 1755, the English governor of the colony, Charles Lawrence, as a prelude to the Seven Years' War, made the decision to expel all inhabitants of French origin within his territory. Many of the exiled Acadians were deported to the American colonies, the Caribbean, Britain, or France. Nearly one-third of those deported died from disease or drownings. Those who did survive the journey often struggled to survive and assimilate in their new communities, even in their motherland of France. This book examines the Acadians while exiled in France. Based on a tremendous amount of primary source research, Mouhot tells their story in great detail, while he also challenges many previous interpretations and understandings of their experiences in their "homeland."
Register of the University of California
Author: University of California (1868-1952)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 1082
Book Description
A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland
Author: John Mack FaragherPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393242439
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
"Altogether superb: an accessible, fluent account that advances scholarship while building a worthy memorial to the victims of two and a half centuries past." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) In 1755, New England troops embarked on a "great and noble scheme" to expel 18,000 French-speaking Acadians ("the neutral French") from Nova Scotia, killing thousands, separating innumerable families, and driving many into forests where they waged a desperate guerrilla resistance. The right of neutrality; to live in peace from the imperial wars waged between France and England; had been one of the founding values of Acadia; its settlers traded and intermarried freely with native Mikmaq Indians and English Protestants alike. But the Acadians' refusal to swear unconditional allegiance to the British Crown in the mid-eighteenth century gave New Englanders, who had long coveted Nova Scotia's fertile farmland, pretense enough to launch a campaign of ethnic cleansing on a massive scale. John Mack Faragher draws on original research to weave 150 years of history into a gripping narrative of both the civilization of Acadia and the British plot to destroy it.
To Try Men's Souls
Author: Harold M. HymanPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520345673
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1959.
Louisiana Folklife
Author: Nicholas R. SpitzerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Commencement
Author: University of California, BerkeleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Acadian Families in Exile - 1785
Author: Donald J HebertPublisher: Claitor's Pub Division
ISBN: 9781598048933
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description