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Canadian state trials. Volume 2, Rebellion and invasion in the Canadas, 1837-1839 / edited by F. Murray Greenwood and Barry Wright.

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This second volume of the Canadian State Trials series focuses on the largest state security crisis in 19th century Canada: the rebellions of 1837-1838 and associated patriot invasions in Upper and Lower Canada (Ontario and Québec).

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Corporate Author: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Other Authors: Greenwood, F. Murray (Frank Murray), 1935- (Editor), Wright, Barry (Editor)
Other title:Rebellion and invasion in the Canadas, 1837-1839
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, 2002.
Series:Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.
Subjects:
Trials (Political crimes and offenses) > Canada.
Political crimes and offenses > Canada > History.
Trials (Political crimes and offenses) > Canada > History.
Trials > Canada > History.
Trials.
Political crimes and offenses.
Trials (Political crimes and offenses)
Canada.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword / McMurtry, R. Roy / Oliver, Peter N.
  • Acknowledgments / Wright, Barry
  • Contributors
  • Maps
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Rebellion, Invasion, and the Crisis of the Colonial State in the Canadas, 1837-9 / Greenwood, F. Murray / Wright, Barry
  • PART ONE. Upper Canada
  • 1. Trying the Rebels: Emergency Legislation and the Colonial Executive's Overall Legal Strategy in the Upper Canadian Rebellion / Baehre, Rainer
  • 2. The Toronto Treason Trials, March-May 1838 / Romney, Paul / Wright, Barry
  • 3. The Treason Trials of 1838 in Western Upper Canada / Read, Colin
  • 4. The Kingston and London Courts Martial / Wright, Barry
  • 5. The Prince Affair: 'Gallant Colonel' or 'The Windsor Butcher'? / Greenwood, F. Murray
  • 6. Patriot Exiles in Van Diemen's Land / Pybus, Cassandra
  • PART TWO. Lower Canada
  • 7. 'This Ultimate Resource': Martial Law and State Repression in Lower Canada, 1837-8 / Fecteau, Jean-Marie
  • 8. State Trial by Legislature: The Special Council of Lower Canada, 1838-41 / Watt, Steven
  • 9. The General Court Martial at Montreal, 1838-9: Operation and the Irish Comparison / Greenwood, F. Murray
  • 10. The Montreal Court Martial, 1838-9: Legal and Constitutional Reflections / Greenwood, F. Murray
  • 11. 'Women's Work': Women and Rebellion in Lower Canada, 1837-9 / Boissery, Beverley / Paterson, Carla
  • 12. The Punishment of Transportation as Suffered by the Patriotes Sent to New South Wales / Boissery, Beverley
  • APPENDICES. Archival Research and Supporting Documents
  • Appendix A. In Pursuit of Rebels at the National Archives of Canada: Beyond the Usual Round-up of Suspect Sources / Kennedy, Patricia
  • Appendix B. Archival Sources in Quebec Relating to the Legal Suppression of the Rebellions of 1837 and 1838 in Lower Canada / Lambert, James
  • Appendix C. Rebellion Trials Sources in Ontario Archives / Lewthwaite, Susan
  • Appendix D. Supporting Documents
  • Index
  • Backmatter

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