From Borderland to Bordered Land: Reaction in the Eastern Townships Press to the American Civil War and the Threat of Fenian Invasion

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Title
From Borderland to Bordered Land: Reaction in the Eastern Townships Press to the American Civil War and the Threat of Fenian Invasion
Abstract
Unlike nearly all British North American newspapers, the Stanstead Journal and other Eastern Townships newspapers were unequivocally pro-northern in their sympathy during the American Civil War. The Stanstead Journal's Vermont-born owner and editor, L.R. Robinson, felt betrayed when neighbouring New England newspapers opposed the renewal of the Reciprocity Treaty with Canada after the war and supported the Irish American Fenian invaders. The author argues that Robinson's response suggests that the forces unleashed by the Civil War were making the "imaginary line" between New England and the Eastern Townships more tangible, even before Confederation fostered a new sense of nationalism north of the 45th parallel.
Publication
Histoire sociale/Social History
Volume
Vol. 45
Issue
no. 89
Pages
1-24
Date
May 2012
Language
en
Citation
Little, J. I. “From Borderland to Bordered Land: Reaction in the Eastern Townships Press to the American Civil War and the Threat of Fenian Invasion.” Histoire sociale/Social History Vol. 45, no. 89 (May 2012): 1–24.
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