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From: "Lucie M. Consentino" <>
Subject: ACADIANS SCATTERED IN ANGLO-AMERICAN COLONIES
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 17:11:58 -0400

Lawrence and his Council had decided to spread the Acadians among the
various English colonies in America, from Massachusetts to Georgia, in
order to prevent them from regroouping and returning to Nova Scotia or
rallying to French forces at Louisbourg or Québec.

So, Acadian exiles were sent to Massachusetts, receiving the greatest
number, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.

With the exception of Massachusetts and Connecticut, none of these
English colonies had been forewarned of the arrival of the exiles at a
time when, as described by the American historian W. Reed, in 1856: "The
Anglo-Americans considered the French and Indians with equal horror.
There could not have been a worse time for these French Catholics to
arrive amidst the puritan and protestant colonies". Stevens the
American historian of Georgia, for his part stated: "Seven thousand
outlaws dispersed like leaves in an autumn wind amongst people who hated
their religion, detested their country, mocked their customs and
laughted at their language...These people (The Acadians) who had known
abundance and comfort, disembarked on far off shores to pointing fingers
and be looked upon like vagabonds and beggars. There were few good
samaritans to heal hearts broken by somuch suffering".

Source: Bona Arsenault page 151

Lucie LeBlanc Consentino
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