Assisting Emigration to Upper Canada

About this title: The 1830s were years of social and political change in Britain. Rural unrest in 1830-31 spurred politicians and landlords to re-examine the roles government and individuals should play in fighting poverty. "Assisting Emigration to Upper Canada" examines how new attitudes and policies towards the English poor in this decade affected the British government's approach to emigration and to new immigrants in British colonies. Using a rich collection of contemporary sources, Wendy Cameron and Mary McDougall Maude focus on one group of English immigrants sent to Upper Canada from Sussex and other ... read more

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