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After the Hector
The Scottish Pioneers of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, 1773-1852
Natural Heritage Books
Published: May 2004
394 pages (PB)
6 x 9"
1-896219-95-0
$27.95
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After the Hector
The Scottish Pioneers of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, 1773-1852
Lucille H. Campey
61: b&w archival photographs, b&w current photographs, b&w etchings, maps, tables
This is the first fully documented book, produced in recent times, of some of the greatest early migrations of Scots to Nova Scotia and Cape Breton. Lucille H. Campey traces the process of emigration and proves a rationale for the different settlement locations. Much detailed information has been distilled to provide new insights on how, why and when the province came to acquire its distinctive Scottish communities. Extensively documented, including appendices and index, and with details of over 300 ship crossings, this book tells the story of these intrepid Scots.
Subjects: History, Sociology/Cultural Studies
Table of Contents:
Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: The New World Beckons; Chapter 2: The Hector Arrives in 1773; Chapter 3: The Loyalist Emigrants; Chapter 4: Creating a New Scotland; Chapter 5: The Attractions of the Timber Trade; Chapter 6: Cape Breton's Growing Popularity; Chapter 7: Nova Scotia's Lingering Appeal; Chapter 8: Poor But Defiant: Cape Breton's Pioneer Scots; Chapter 9: Ships and Atlantic Crossings; Chapter 10: The Scottish Legacy; Appendix I: Extant Passenger Lists for Ship Crossings from Scotland to Nova Scotia and Cape Breton; Appendix II: Emigrant Ship Crossings from Scotland to Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, 1773 to 1852; Appendix III: The Ships which took Emigrant Scots to Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, 1773-1852; Appendix IV: Sir Edward Mortimer's Debtors, c. 1819; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Presents new research; challenges conventional thinking on Scottish emigration; reviewed very positively for narrative style; quality of research; avoids "victim and scapegoat" approach; extensively documented; first contemporary comprehensive account of Scottish pioneer settlements in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton.
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