| A Land of Discord Always |
| Charles D. Mahaffie Jr. |
Acadia, like the mythical kingdom of Norumbega, might seem to be
more the stuff of legend than history, but it is a name firmly
grounded in history. In its broadest description, Acadia reached
from Nova Scotia to the middle of Maine, though its boundaries
were perennially in dispute between France and Britain.
Acadia's richest lands were farmed by French emigrants who were
among colonial America's most unusual settlers. British and French
governors alike were frustrated by these "ungovernable people'
who would fight no wars, pay no taxes, and bend to no government
authority.
For their part, the Acadians wished only to be left alone, and for a
time their perversity served them well. In the end, it brought
disaster. British authorities finally despaired of ever governing
"such perfidious subjects" and forcibly expelled them in 1755. The
dispossessed Acadians scattered across Maine, Canada, and
Louisiana, where fragments of their culture survive even today
among a million French-speaking descendants.
A Land of Discord is the history of Acadia up to the time of this
grand derangement. It tells how a unique society grew and
prospered in an obscure corner of North America only to be crushed
in a contest between eighteenth-century imperial superpowers.
Peopled with memorable men and women whose exploits make
fascinating reading, it is a narrative filled with the bravery and
cowardice, the foresight and foolishness, and the design and
happenstance that determined Acadia's turbulent history.
more the stuff of legend than history, but it is a name firmly
grounded in history. In its broadest description, Acadia reached
from Nova Scotia to the middle of Maine, though its boundaries
were perennially in dispute between France and Britain.
Acadia's richest lands were farmed by French emigrants who were
among colonial America's most unusual settlers. British and French
governors alike were frustrated by these "ungovernable people'
who would fight no wars, pay no taxes, and bend to no government
authority.
For their part, the Acadians wished only to be left alone, and for a
time their perversity served them well. In the end, it brought
disaster. British authorities finally despaired of ever governing
"such perfidious subjects" and forcibly expelled them in 1755. The
dispossessed Acadians scattered across Maine, Canada, and
Louisiana, where fragments of their culture survive even today
among a million French-speaking descendants.
A Land of Discord is the history of Acadia up to the time of this
grand derangement. It tells how a unique society grew and
prospered in an obscure corner of North America only to be crushed
in a contest between eighteenth-century imperial superpowers.
Peopled with memorable men and women whose exploits make
fascinating reading, it is a narrative filled with the bravery and
cowardice, the foresight and foolishness, and the design and
happenstance that determined Acadia's turbulent history.
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