The existence of slavery in Canada dates from the end of the seventeenth century.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France
Conditions in French Quebec
The principal reason of the poverty of this country is the idleness and bad conduct of most of the people.Our special project presenting the
Outlaws of French Canada
Montreal, a frontier town at the head of the colony, was the natural resort of desperadoes, contrasting with the priests.Our special project
Officers’ Reports
Today's installment concludes Braddock's Defeat, with two short pieces from George Washington and Captain De Contrecoeur. For works benefiting from
Parkman Vol. 4, Chapter 20
The intellectual progress of The Enlightenment and the Revolutions passed French Canada by.Our special project presenting the definitive account
British Army Routs
These, making the best of their way off, were joined beyond the other ford by Gage, who had rallied some eighty men; and this was all that remained of
British Solders Buckle Under Fire
The officers sought to collect their men together and lead them on in platoons. Nothing could avail.Continuing Braddock's Defeat,with a selection
French and Indians Open Fire
The French -- some of whom, according to Garneau, were mounted -- held the center of the semicircular disposition so instantly assumed; and a
French Lie in Wait
But even now, when the forests are gone and the plough long since passed over the scene, the ravine cannot be at all perceived until one is directly