The Tenant League of Prince Edward Island, 1864-1867

Description:

Historical writing about the middle years of the 1860s in British North America has focused almost exclusively on the Confederation movement and the theme of nation-building. As a consequence, scholars have largely overlooked one of the most successful extra-parliamentary movements of common people in the history of North America, which flourished in Prince Edward Island during those very years. The Tenant League produced a highly compelling history, in that it played a decisive role in undermining the leasehold system of land tenure that Britain had imposed a century earlier. Through an exhaustive study of period documents, Ian Ross Robertson examines the origins, the modus operandi, and the impact of this organization. In doing so, he has illuminated a rich part of Canadian history.

subjects: Farm tenancy,  History,  Land reform,  Landlord and tenant,  Prince Edward Island,  Tenant League of Prince Edward Island,  Prince edward island, history,  Landlord and tenant, canada,  Baux ruraux,  Histoire,  Réforme agraire,  Grondbezit,  Boerenbewegingen

Places: Prince Edward Island

Times: 19th century