Title A deep sense of wrong : the treason, trials, and transportation to New South Wales of Lower Canadian rebels after the 1838 rebellion / Beverley D. Boissery

Published Toronto, Canada ; Niagara Falls, N.Y., U.S.A. : Dundurn Press, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 367 pages) : illustrations, maps Series desLibris. Books collection Contents 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 -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W Summary 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 forfeited to the crown, they paid a heavy price for rebellion. And as convicts in Australia, they were considered the lowest of a bad lot. During their years there, however, they earned the respect of Sydney's citizens Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-362) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Penal transportation -- Canada -- History -- 19th century Penal colonies -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History -- 19th century Exiles -- Canada -- History -- 19th century Canadians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History -- 19th century Trials (Treason) -- Canada -- History -- 19th century HISTORY. Canadians Exiles Penal colonies Penal transportation Prisoners of war Trials (Treason) Colonies pénitentiaires -- Nouvelles Galles du Sud (Australie) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle. SUBJECT Canada -- History -- Rebellion, 1837-1838 -- Prisoners and prisons Subject Canada New South Wales Canada -- 1837-1838 (Rébellion) -- Prisonniers et prisons. Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. LC no. 96125694 ISBN 9781554880492 1554880491 9781770700789 1770700781

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