| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 236 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-218) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface; Introduction; Maps Scotland, circa 1773; Part One: After Culloden; Part Two: Nova Scotia; Appendices; Postscript; References; Credits: new edition; Index. |
| Summary |
This is the story of the Highland Scots who sailed to Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1773 aboard the brig Hector. These intrepid emigrants came for many reasons: the famine of the previous spring, pressures of population growth, intolerable rent increases, trouble with the law, the hunger of landless men to own land of their own. Upon arrival at Pictou, after an appalling storm-tossed crossing, they found they had been deceived. The promised prime farming land turned out to be virgin forest. Only the kindness of the Mi'kmaq and the few New Englanders already settled there enabled them to survive until. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Hector (Ship : 1773)
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Hector (Ship : 1773) |
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Hector (Navire) |
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Scots -- Nova Scotia -- History -- 18th century.
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Scots. |
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Nova Scotia. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Nova Scotia -- History -- 18th century.
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Nova Scotia -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century.
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Scotland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 18th century.
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Scotland. |
| Chronological Term |
1700 - 1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: MacKay, Donald, 1925- Scotland farewell. Toronto : Natural Heritage/Natural History, Inc., 1996 1896219128 9781896219127 (DLC) 99184631 (OCoLC)35761194 |
| ISBN |
9781554882878 (electronic book) |
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1554882877 (electronic book) |
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