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English Immigrant Voices : Labourers' Letters From Upper Canada in the 1830s

English Immigrant Voices : Labourers' Letters From Upper Canada in the 1830s

Authors :
Haines, Sheila
Maude, Mary McD
Cameron, Wendy
Haines, Sheila
Maude, Mary McD
Cameron, Wendy
Publication Year :
2000

Abstract

Collected from published, archival, and private sources, these letters place the Petworth immigrants in the context of their times and challenge the image of English immigrants to 1830s Upper Canada as officers and gentlewomen. Wendy Cameron, Sheila Haines, and Mary McDougall Maude have carefully annotated the letters to sketch the stories of individual writers, link letters by the same author or members of the same family, and explore the connections between writers. What eventually happened to some of the writers is also revealed in this engaging collection. English Immigrant Voices provides a valuable insight into the rural poor and their experiences in emigrating to a new land.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
eBook Index
Journal :
English Immigrant Voices : Labourers' Letters From Upper Canada in the 1830s
Publication Type :
eBook
Accession number :
404109