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A Great And Noble Scheme:

The Tragic Story Of The Expulsion Of The French Acadians From Their American Homeland
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W W Norton & Company Incorporated, 2005 - History - 562 pages
On September 4, 1755, The Pennsylvania Gazette printed a dispatch from the maritime province of Nova Scotia: "We are now upon a great and noble Scheme of sending the neutral French out of this Province, who have always been secret Enemies, and have encouraged our Savages to cut our Throats. If we effect their Expulsion, it will be one of the greatest Things that ever the English did in America; for by all Accounts, that Part of the Country they possess, is as good Land as any in the World: In case therefore we could get some good English Farmers in their Room, this Province would abound with all Kinds of Provisions."
At the time these words were published, New England troops acting under the authority of the colonial governors of Nova Scotia and Massachusetts were systematically rounding up more than seven thousand Acadians, the French-speaking, Catholic inhabitants who lived in communities along the shores of the Bay of Fundy. Men, women, and children alike were crowded into transport vessels and deported in small groups to other British colonies across the continent of North America.
Piecing together the scattered remnants of Acadian civilization in documents and sources buried deep in archives, historian John Mack Faragher provides the first comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and historically accurate account of the expulsion from both British and Acadian points of view.

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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 ... Read full review

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For staunch history buffs, this is a book you can sink your teeth into … an account of the despicable 1755 events that historians claim bear a striking resemblance to more recent ethnic cleansings ... Read full review

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About the author (2005)

John Mack Faragher is the Arthur Unobskey Professor of American History at Yale University. He is also director of Yales Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders.

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TitleA Great And Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story Of The Expulsion Of The French Acadians From Their American Homeland
AuthorJohn Mack Faragher
Editionillustrated
PublisherW W Norton & Company Incorporated, 2005
ISBN0393051358, 9780393051353
Length562 pages
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