Pennsylvania

Définition et enjeux

Édouard Richard,  Acadie/Tome III

“ It is hard to deduce any political principle from our records, unless it be new confirmation of the truth that all absenteeism, and all imitation of fendalism, with its manors, and its quit-rents, and its privileged estates, are especially uncongenial to our Pennsylvania habits of thought and action. It is scarcely worth while now to inquire who were right and who were wrong, for it is all swept away as part of the rubbish of our story. ”
Source : Wikisource

Édouard Richard,  Acadie/Tome III

“ The hurry and confusion in which we were embarked was an aggravating circumstance attending our misfortunes ; for, thereby, many who have lived in affluence, found themselves deprived of every necessary, many familles were separated, parents from chlidren and chlidren from parents.
Yet, blessed be God that it was our lot to be sent to Pennsylvania, where our wants have been relieved, and where we have in every respect been received with Christian benevolence and charity.
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Source : Wikisource

Désiré Pasquet,  Histoire politique et sociale du peuple américain… (1924-1931)

“ Le principal centre des Pennsylvania Dutch, comme on les appelait, était le comté de Lancaster, d'où ils se répandirent au nord, à l'ouest, et surtout au sud, vers la Grande Vallée, le Piedmont et le Kentucky. Comme les Ecossais d'Irlande, on rencontre donc surtout sur la frontière ; mais, bien que certains d'entre eux aient joué le rôle de pionniers, ils se hasardent, en général, moins loin vers l'ouest que ne le font les Scotch-Irish. Ils préfèrent acheter et reprendre des exploitations, que leurs premiers propriétaires abandonnent pour aller recommencer plus loin leurs défrichements. ”
Source : Gallica

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