The Acadian Expulsion

The Acadian Expulsion is documented here: http://www.thecajuns.com/exileack.htm and here: http://www.landrystuff.com/achistory.htm

At a ceremony held at St. Gluvias Church in Cornwall, England, Queen Elizabeth II said that, "1755 in Acadie was an 'annus horribilus,'" and a "crime against humanity.." And, referring to the Crown's apology 250 years after the Expulsion or Deportement, Euclide Chiasson, the President of the Societe Nationale des Acadiens, said: "..lingering pain from being an unwanted and expelled people haunts Acadians to this day."

And, it is no exaggeration to say that the Acadian people, after having their land and possessions stolen by the British by order of the King, were not exactly made welcome in the United States either. In fact, a law voted on and approved by the legislature of Massachusetts on August 28, 1756, about the Acadians, stated "It is stipulated that if the previous French residents of Nova Scotia are found outside of the town limits that the legislature ordered them to live, for the first offense, they will be at the block for a period of three hours and for a second offense, will receive on their bare back, ten lashes."