This book tells the story of the forced expulsion of thousands of Protestant farmers from Quebec in the aftermath of the British conquest in the mid-18th century. Based on extensive research and eyewitness accounts, Sellar vividly depicts the harrowing journey of the exiles and their struggles to resettle in a new land. This tragic and little-known episode in Canadian history sheds light on the tensions between ethnic and religious groups in colonial North America.

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