Although they faced great privations and had to overcome many obstacles, the Irish actively sought the better life that Atlantic Canada offered. Far from being helpless exiles lacking in ambition who went lemming-like to wherever they were told to go, the Irish grabbed their opportunities and prospered in their new home.
Campey gives these settlers a voice. Using wide-ranging documentary sources, she provides new insights about why the Irish left and considers why they chose their various locations in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland. She highlights how, through their skills and energy, they benefitted themselves and contributed much to the development of Atlantic Canada.
This is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the history of the Irish exodus to North America and provides a mine of information useful to family historians.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
THE EARLY YEARS
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
BENJAMIN
Chapter 13
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
THE FRENCH MENACE
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
THE TREATY OF PARIS
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
THE PROMISED LAND
Chapter 44
Epilogue, 1806
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Acknowledgements
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Copyright
Copyright © Bruce Murray, 2017
Cover painting: David MacIntosh
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Murray, Bruce (Bruce Joseph Robert), author
Piau : journey to the promised land / Bruce Murray ; foreword
by Anne Murray.
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-4597-3845-4 (softcover).--ISBN 978-1-4597-3846-1 (PDF).
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1. Belliveau, Pierre, 1851-1922--Fiction. 2. Acadians--Fiction. 3. Historical fiction. I. Title.
PS8626.U7748P53 2017 C813’.6 C2017-903279-8
C2017-903280-1
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