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English Immigrant Voices

Labourers' Letters from Upper Canada in the 1830s

by (author) Wendy Cameron, Sheila Haines & Mary Maude

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2000
Category
Labor, Emigration & Immigration
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    ISBN
    9780773568334
    Publish Date
    Aug 2000
    List Price
    $110.00

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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.

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