Migrants and Millworkers : The French Canadian Population of Burlington and Colchester, 1860-1870
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Title
Migrants and Millworkers : The French Canadian Population of Burlington and Colchester, 1860-1870
Description
Article describing the growth of the French Canadian population in Vermont around the time of the American Civil War, and the differences of Canadian immigrant labor, property ownership, and political activity in select Vermont cities, as well as between those of other New England textile centers of the same time period. Steady growth of unskilled laborers and relative decline of economic conditions among Vermont's growing French Canadian population between 1850 and 1870. Separate social, economic, and political developments of Burlington, Winooski Falls, and greater Colchester that can be traced to Burlington's incorporation in the 1860s. Research on variances in property ownership among French Canadian immigrants in these locations, as well as their rates of naturalization, English fluency, and relevant voting laws. Includes tables with figures on occupational status, childbirths, and youth labor. Subtitled, "The high level of political activity of Colchester's French Canadians contrasted sharply to that of Burlington émigrés."
Creator
Beattie, Betsy
Date
1992-spr
Language
en
Type
Journal Article
Identifier
Coverage
1860-1870; Burlington and Colchester, Vermont
Contribution Form
Zotero
ISSN
0042-4161
Issue
2
Pages
95-117
Publication Title
Vermont History : The Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society
Volume
60