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A deep sense of wrong : the treason, trials, and transportation to New South Wales of Lower Canadian rebels after the 1838 rebellion /
In 1839 fifty-eight men left Montreal for the penal colony of New South Wales. They were ordinary people who had been caught up in the political whirlwind of the 1838 rebellion. Even though they were all civilians, they had been tried by court martial. Convicted of treason, their properties forfeite...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto, Canada ; Niagara Falls, N.Y., U.S.A. :
Dundurn Press,
©1995.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- Illustrations
- List Of Tables
- List Of Figures
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Part One: Background To Rebellion
- 1 The First Blow, Autumn 1837: They 'Wanted Reform, And Not Revolution'
- 2 'To Overthrow Her Majesty'S Government'
- Part Two: Treasons And Trials
- 3 Fiasco In Chateauguay
- 4 Napierville 8211; 'To Conquer Or Die'
- 5 From Euphoria To Defeat In Beauharnois
- 6 'Damn You, And Your Queen, And Your Government': Mayhem In Laprairie 8211; Caution In Terrebonne
- 7 Abuses, Numbers, And Processes
- Part Three: Transportation And Life In New South Wales
- 8 'Taking A Trip On A Government Ship'
- 9 Sydney 8211; 'Until Yesterday A Byword Of Reproach'
- 10 Longbottom Stockade: 'In French Long Fond ... A Pretty Enough Place'
- 11 'Land Of A Thousand Sorrows'
- Part Four: The Conclusions
- 12 Aftermath
- 13 'There Must Always Be Victims'
- Appendices
- A: Biographical Notes On The Men Transported To New South Wales
- B: Montreal Star Interview With Fran231;ois-Maurice Lepailleur
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
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- Q
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