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The Tragedy of Quebec: The Expulsion of its Protestant Farmers
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The Tragedy of Quebec: The Expulsion of its Protestant Farmers
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| Abstract |
First published in 1907, this book was an important and controversial statement on behalf of English Protestant farmers of Quebec - especially those of the Eastern Townships. Considered one of the most important politico-religious tracts ever published in Canada, the book went through four editions between its initial first publication and 1916. Sellar opposed the gradual takeover of the Townships by French-speaking Roman Catholic farmers with the financial aid, he claimed, of the Roman Catholic Church. He also accused Premier Honoré Mercier of plotting to erect a theocratic French Catholic state in the province. Sellar argued that the invasion of French-speaking Roman Catholics eventually led to the decline of Protestant institutions, such as the school system, and precipitated the exodus, or "expulsion", of the English Protestant farmers. Sellar was a strong believer of the separation of Church and State, and adamantly opposed the political power of the Catholic hierarchy in Quebec.
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Toronto, ON
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University of Toronto Press
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1974
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en
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Introduction by Robert Hill. |
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Sellar, Robert. The Tragedy of Quebec: The Expulsion of Its Protestant Farmers. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 1974. http://archive.org/stream/quebecfarmtragedy00selluoft#page/120/mode/2up.
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