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Mar 6, 2021 · 6:15 Local filmmaker debuts new short film at Halifax Black ... displaced as the Acadians were during the deportation, which has since become known as the Great Upheaval. ... News Facebook Pages ...
- Who Was Amable Doucet?
- Why The Date of The Petition Matters
- A Plea to Preserve Documents
The petitionGaudet stumbled upon was reprinted in a book by American historian, Harvey Amani Whitfield, and is one of two clues that helped them piece together their family's past. The other clue is the will of Gaudet's fifth-great-grandfather, Amable Doucet, which is dated June 1806. In it, Doucet bequeaths a Black slave named Jerome to his wife, ...
The petition, signed by 27 residents of Digby County, is dated December 1807 and urges the British government to strengthen the residents' right to own slaves. Earlier that year, it became illegal to travel to Africa and enslave free people, although slavery in the British colonies wouldn't be officially abolished until Aug. 1, 1834. "This 1807 is ...
Gaudet expects this research could stir up uncomfortable conversations among their own family and the larger Acadian community "because of the way Acadian history has largely been portrayed in the larger narrative of Canadian history." Nelson, meanwhile, is encouraging people to follow Gaudet's lead and scour their attics and basements to uncover f...
Mar 6, 2021 · HALIFAX - Director Phil Comeau says he’s surprised to see how connected the descendants of Acadian settlers are to their heritage — no matter where they live on this earth. March 6, 2021 3 min ...
Jun 18, 2019 · It is widely accepted that the deportation of more than 10,000 Acadians from the Maritimes in the late 1700s was a crime against humanity, even by contemporary standards. But could this traumatic ...
Mar 6, 2021 · Boudreau called the film a "temoignage" -- a testimony of hope for other people in the world who find themselves displaced as the Acadians were during the deportation, which has since become known ...
Aug 15, 2022 · One of his previous films, Belle Isle en Acadie, about Acadians from Brittany who attended the World Acadian Congress in P.E.I. and New Brunswick three years ago, has now racked up 412 awards in ...
Aug 15, 2019 · Heritage Canada. The newest Canadian Heritage Minute is out and it pays tribute to a dark piece of Canadian history known as the Acadian Expulsion. The release of the video on Thursday will have ...
