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Episode 101: Willing to Go Wherever
The institution of slavery finds itself under assault in the courts of British North America, but when Black Loyalists get a chance to leave the largely hostile colonies, many seize the opportunity.
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Episode 100: The Very Image and Transcript
Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe attempts to recreate England in the wilderness around the Great Lakes.
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Episode 99: The Canadas
As loyalists establish themselves in the Upper St. Lawrence and Great Lakes, the British government takes the opportunity to totally re-organize the colony of Quebec.
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Episode 98: Ferryland
Newfoundland emerges from the wars of the 18th century a fully fledged colonial society, complete with its own religious, class, and ethnic divisions.
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Episode 97: The Northwest Company
The independent fur traders of Montreal get organized, and beat the Hudson's Bay Company at their own game.
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Episode 96: An Asylum of Loyalty
So many loyalists pour into the St. John valley, that the British decide to carve out a new colony on the continental side of the Bay of Fundy - New Brunswick.
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Episode 95: Shelburne and Birchtown
Thousands of loyalists descend on Nova Scotia, turning one sleepy corner of the colony, overnight, into the largest urban centre in British North America.
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Episode 94: A New Country
Tasked with implementing the peace in North America, Guy Carleton scrambles to find new homes for tens of thousands of loyalist exiles.
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Episode 93: What is to Befall Us
The conflict south of the Great Lakes turns into a prolonged guerilla war, with devastating consequences for both European settlers and the Iroquois Confederacy.
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Episode 92: Civil War
Parallel civil wars within the Iroquois Confederacy and the European settlers of the Mohawk Valley lay the seeds for the latest nation of Canada.
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago