Half-Hearted Enemies: Nova Scotia, New England and the War of 1812

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The untold chapter of reluctant enemies caught up in a continental war. When america declared war on Great Britain in 1812, the Canadian colonies found themselves committed to armed conflict with their American neighbors. Whilst Upper and Lower Canada became the main battlegrounds, Nova Scotia was once reluctant to disrupt its lucrative trade with New England and in an instant established a truce in order that commerce could continue to go with the flow freely. In this book creator John Boileau explores many aspects of the involvement of Nova Scotia in the War of 1812. He recounts a number of the famous privateering and naval escapades up and down the coast, including the most famous prize, USS Chesapeake, which was once captured by the Royal Navy and brought into Halifax Harbour. Halifax was once also the site of the military prison where, over the course of the war, 10,000 men endured overcrowded and unhealthy living conditions. In May 2005 a ceremony will take place in Halifax to memorialize the 200 American prisoners who died in Melville Island prison. Throughout the war many escaped slaves found passage to Nova Scotia. This book reveals that as an alternative of peace and prosperity the refugees found prejudice, hardship and smallpox. This book sets out the history of a war whose spoils helped to establish Dalhousie College (now Dalhousie University) and the Cambridge Military Library (Halifax).

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