MY ACADIAN ANCESTORS -

FREE DOWNLOAD PDF EDITION MY ACADIAN ANCESTORS - By Bernard Bujold The Acadian culture was a peaceful community close to the land, with few financial resources. For this reason, they never bore arms and had no army to defend themselves against deportation. The Acadians wanted to remain neutral in the struggle for territory between France and England, which led to their deportation in 1755, more than 65 years after the first conflicts. Had he taken sides, the Acadians would have either won or lost, but there would have been no deportation. The first Bugeauld to arrive in Acadia around 1690 was from Saint- Ciers-du-Taillon, a commune in southwestern France's Charente- Maritime region (Nouvelle-Aquitaine). He had left Larochelle, where a religious war was raging, and found himself in Port-Royal and later Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, in another war, just as violent and discriminatory as the o...