L'affaire Corrigan à Saint-Sylvestre

Type of resource
Author/collaborator
Title
L'affaire Corrigan à Saint-Sylvestre
Abstract
A study of the case of Robert Corrigan (1816 or 1817-1855), an Irish Catholic-born convert to Protestantism, who was killed when attacked by seven or eight of his Irish Catholic neighbours at an agricultural fair in Saint Sylvestre in October 1855. Arrest warrants were issued and rewards were offered, but neither the police nor the army could track down those accused. Finally, in January 1856, several of the accused gave themselves up. A trial was held in February and the defendants were acquitted. The author describes the political repercussions of the Corrigan affair, and the outrage among Upper Canadian Protestants, especially Orangemen, over the acquittal.
Publication
Les Cahiers des Dix
Volume
No. 42
Pages
125-144
Date
1979
Language
fr
URL
Citation
Sylvain, Philippe. “L’affaire Corrigan à Saint-Sylvestre.” Les Cahiers des Dix No. 42 (1979): 125–144. http://www.erudit.org/revue/cdd/1979/v/n42/1016241ar.pdf.
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