Assisting emigration to Upper Canada : the Petworth project, 1832-1837 / Wendy Cameron and Mary McDougall Maude.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables, Figures, Maps -- Foreword -- Preface -- PART ONE: THE PETWORTH EMIGRATIONS FROM SUSSEX TO UPPER CANADA, 1832�1837 -- Introduction -- 1 Emigration ... the best if not the only remedy: From Swing to Parish-Assisted Emigration -- 2 Decent accommodation: Setting a Standard for the Petworth Emigrations -- 3 Pauperism [is] almost universal: Who Were the Petworth Emigrants? -- 4 Trouble in travelling: Travelling and Finding a First Home in the Canadas

5 Domiciles of their own: Assisted Settlement in Upper Canada6 Nothing will be done by the government: Failed Plans for Assisted Settlement and the Ending of the Petworth Scheme -- 7 Conclusion: The Petworth Emigrations and Assisted Emigration -- PART TWO: A LIST OF PETWORTH EMIGRANTS, 1832�1837 -- Editors' Introduction -- Emigrants on Petworth Ships, 1832�1837 -- Appendix A: Sockett and Wyndham Debate Poverty and Assisted Emigration -- Appendix B: Emigration from the British Isles, 1821�1851 -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography

AcknowledgmentsIndex -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y

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