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Episode 191: A Mere Outport of the New Dominion
Wary Newfoundlanders contemplate an invitation to join the Canadian confederation.
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 190: Secession and Assassination
In the first year of its existence, Canada faces a province seeking to leave the union, and the assassination of one of its leading politicians.
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 189: Questions and Answers
The podcast takes a pause in the narrative to field questions from listeners.
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 188: This Peaceful Revolution
Two and a half years after the Quebec Conference, and after bitter debates, dead-ends, political pressure of dubious constitutionality from London, two elections in New Brunswick, and an invasion or …
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 187: The Battle of Ridgeway
After several false alarms British North America undergoes two Fenian invasions in a matter of weeks, creating the greatest security crisis in a generation.
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 186: The Fenians
The end of the Civil War in the United States creates a military threat to British North America, though not the one many Canadians feared.
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 185: I Have No Faith in Canadian Statesmen
As the Maritime delegates return home from the Quebec conference, they discover that the voting public does not necessarily approve of their work.
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 184: The Tenant League
When all conventional political solutions to Prince Edward Island's intractable Land Question fail (including union with Canada), the farmers of the colony take matters into their own hands.
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 183: The Confederacy in Canada
Attempting to stave off defeat, an increasingly desperate Confederacy turns to an espionage campaign in Canada, perched on the Union's unprotected northern flank.
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 182: The Two Conferences
Canadian delegates crash a conference on Maritime Union, and present a much more ambitious confederation of British North American possessions.
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago