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Episode 61: The Slave Colony
As enslaved labour becomes more common in New France, owners call on the Crown to explicitly enshrine in law their right to own human property.
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 60: Detroit
The French experiment with a settlement in the heart of the pays d'en haut, but soo find that the politics of the upper country work very different from the inside.
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 59: Captivity
After a brief pause, war once again breaks out between the English and French, re-opening a thriving war captive economy on the New England frontier.
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 58: We Made a Bridge of All Those Bodies
As diplomats in Europe left the job half-done, indigenous and Canadian leaders gather at Montreal to establish a peace (and a new diplomatic system) that will persist for a generation.
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 57: A Mountain of Beaver
As the fur trade enters a crisis, the French are forced to recognize that the institution has diplomatic and political dimensions beyond its failing economics.
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 56: Nothing But Destruction
The war in North America concludes, but not before the devastation of communities from Newfoundland to the Great Lakes.
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Episode 55: A Very Active Lad
The Hudson's Bay Company sends young Henry Kelsey into the unknown interior of North America, to find out how their business actually works.
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Episode 54: The Mouth of My Cannons
Governor Frontenac makes his triumphant return to New France, and celebrates by delivering a pithy one-liner to an invading army of English Americans.
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Episode 53: Victory and Deceit
A new governor of New France makes a new set of mistakes, escalating the conflict with the Iroquois Confederacy.
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Episode 52: Canadian Warfare
Desperate for a victory, the new governor of New France sends a group of French marines and Canadian backwoodsmen to the English trading posts on Hudson Bay.
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago