Was the Acadian Deportation a Cultural Genocide?
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If the Acadian Expulsion and the policies behind it were to happen in another country today would we call it an attempt at Cultural Genocide? Listen to Marc & you decide?
This is the amazing story of how an interest in understanding his unique family name lead Marc Bastarache into a genealogical search unearthing discoveries about his Acadian Ancestry.
His story includes a war, imprisonment, escape reunion and the cycle continued throughout the period of The Acadian Deportation. He debunks the Longfellows story of Evageline which Romanticized teh story but got facts wrong as well as pointing out how a lot of New England's Business Families at the time including future President of The Continental Congress and Prominent signer of the Declaration of Independance John Hancock profited off the British Government's policy of Acadian Expulsion.
His story is what we can all look forward to finding when we dig into our past every family has those people who lived and experienced History in a way that is unique. While you might not find a King, Queen, President etc in your tree you'll find everyday people who did extraordinary things which shaped the history of a Nation, Community or even your own family.
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What’s interesting about ancestry is we all have these huge family trees, but because of the language switch (I don’t know much Cajun French), the lack of knowing how to read or write in these times, things become pretty complicated. My cousin has worked on our family lines that we’re living in these areas in this time period. She went to college and graduated with a degree in history, works diligently on her research for almost 30 years. But, there is still no way to know without a doubt that everything is 100% accurate. My ancestors that lived in Beaubassin on the line she’s studied are the Chiasson’s. I don’t remember all the names, but I recall Guyon, his son Gabriel, Jean Baptiste and so forth. My grandfather descended from all the sons. I trust her research. Unfortunately, this is only a single family line. I know we have a lot of Leblanc, Broussard (including the rebellious ones mentioned in this video), Babineaux, Hebert, Gautreaux, Pitre… To name a few.
I have about 13,000 family members added on Ancestry. I do have a good bit of “Micmac” (the spelling changes quite a few times) and I found I descend from Henricus Sachem
Membertou Itarey Henri / Henry / Henricus" Grand
Chief of the Grand Council of the Mikmaq / Sachem
Kjisaqmaw M Abnaki
Membertou / Maupeltuk. And NO, I don’t understand what any of that says.
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A very common myth is that Acadians were deported directly from the Canadian East Coast to Louisiana. I'm happy this was addressed here! My experience has been that many people here are proud to be Acadian, but *very* few know the full/true history.
Yes I didn't know that myself until Mark explained.
I live in Louisiana and became curious about my ancestors and started researching. I learned very early in my research that no ship came here. I’m only a few minutes into this video and very interested to hear how he explains it. I have found crazy stories in my ancestry.
They were deported to other English colonies but very few English colonials desired these exiles!
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I just found your channel! This subject is near and dear, so how surprised was I when Marc said his last name is Bastarache??!! Jean Joannis Bastarache is my 8th great grandfather!! I am descended from Pierre 2's brother Michel through Michel's daughter, Marie Bastarache, b. 1759. Had the brothers not found their wives and families, I would not be here!! Marie married a Savoie from Neguac, NB and settled there. Their granddaughter Mathilde Robichaud married Isaie LaTulippe. They are my 4th GG parents. Their granddaughter Sarah LaTulippe is my 2nd GGM and moved to Lynn MA, where my father was eventually born. The LaTulippe side is where my ancestry includes the Theriault family line. Jean Theriault (7th GGF) died in Nova Scotia, but his children split and went different ways. Daughter Marie (my 6th GGM) married Alexis Landry and they went to PEI, where she died. Jean's sons went to LA and one of their sons founded the town of Theriot, LA. Oh, and after watching this video, I did a search for Marc Bastarache in my DNA matches on Ancestry. Yes, he is there, but we only share 12 cMs. Considering the endogamy of the French-Canadian population, I am not surprised since he mentioned his mom is a Theriault. I love this stuff!!!
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Those with the most guns usually win.
This war was as much as or even more about European disputes than anything in the Americas
Proud Cajun from South Louisiana here I always grew up with the stories that have been handed down through my family the Brunet and Dupre families and the part I always remember is my family members saying it was pure hell for my ancestors and what they went through was one of the most horrific things a person can experience
I never understoo d the full path of Cajun's until talking to Marc - I always thought it was a direct deportation from Atlantic Canada to the Louisianna Territory
A large portion of my ancestors are on the wall of names in St. Martinville. I lost a whole family who sank in the Duke William. I would never deny the mental torture that they endured. I just don’t agree with the idea of them experiencing the most horrific thing a person could ever go through. It’s probably why so many have Almost no knowledge about the Acadians. It’s definitely a very difficult thing for them to experience, but so many other things come to mind when thinking of people who experienced the absolute worst.
I am direct descendent of Joseph Broussard
Great video and discussion.
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- With respect to the Acadian graves at Annapolis Royal it was almost implied that the British were prejudicial when it came to burials - the British graves being marked with tombstones where the Acadian ones are not. Although there are a few stones predating 1755, most of the markers are for burials after the deportations. The graveyard I believe also predates the occupation of Port Royal/Annapolis Royal by the British and thus contains many more burials than there are stones. This was not uncommon in old burial grounds. Most graves were not marked with stones in the past, but with wooden crosses. The crosses just do not last very long.
- I am wondering if Mark may have Joannis Bastarache's wife's name wrong. The census records show Joannis being married to a Huguette Vincent.
- Their first child appears to be a Marie Anne (or Marianne).
- Although New England had eyed Nova Scotia as an area to expand into, this was not the main reason behind the deportations.
What is far too often ignored in many of the videos about the Acadians is the context of the times. In this case the overwhelming backdrop of war, détente, destabilization, and then war again. Until the mid-1740s, the Acadians had lived peacefully and prospered in Nova Scotia under the British. During the War of the Austrian Succession, French troops invaded Nova Scotia and were supported their Mi'kmaq allies, and Acadians. The few British in the colony at the time remarkably defended themselves and survived. At the end of the war everything was put back to what it was antebellum. Although technically France and Britain were at peace, the reality in Nova Scotia was, between 1748 and 1755, a period of détente and too often open conflict. Although France regained Louisbourg it was now countered by the new settlement of Halifax. An arms race ensued in the region with both France and Britain establishing forts across the region. The British mostly took a defensive position and attacked only after provocation. Nova Scotia had remained a strategic region for France, a marchland to protect Louisbourg which in turn guarded its settlements in the St Lawrence Valley and farther west. France took an aggressive stance. As it could not possess Nova Scotia, it made a concerted efforts to keep the British off balance. France orchestrated, via its proxy fighters, the Mi'kmaq and many Acadians, direct attacks against the British settlements. New research is showing the Quebec and Louisbourg administrators and military went to great lengths to hide and deny they were involved in the attacks. It is my contention that the French really did not care about the welfare of the Acadians; control of the region was more important, and the Acadians and Mi'kmaq were a convenient supply of militia forces.
Over the years the British administration was losing patience with the 'neutral' French Acadians, too many were implicated in actions against the British. With British trust in the Acadians declining the Acadians made a critical mistake in 1755 when they refused to provide an unqualified oath of loyalty to the British crown. This action was the proverbial nail in the coffin.
Borderlands have historically been areas of conflict. Acadia/Nova Scotia is a classic case of this and the Acadians paid a price because of the fiction between to large competing empires.
- LeLoutre mean 'the otter'.
- The Beaubassin area was not particularly “French” territory until the 1750s. It was nominally claimed by France but they maintained no presence there until the late 1740s and only set up a permanent presence after 1750. Many of the Acadians settled on the eastern side of the Missaguash River, the border recognized as British territory. Just prior to the building of Fort Lawrence the Acadians moved west across the Missaguash into French territory.
- The Acadians did not see themselves as a sovereign people. They were very actively connected to the British administration with evidence of this fact being their participation in the elected Deputy system and interactions with the Nova Scotia Government in Council as a civic administration apparatus and courts. Their trading with “everyone” was not evidence of the idea of Acadian sovereignty as they were much like the New Englanders, and the French at Louisbourg, all who traded with everyone.
- Fort Lawrence was not torn down to build fort Cumberland. After the siege of Fort Beauséjour the Fort was renamed Fort Cumberland and Fort Lawrence was destroyed in 1756 to keep it out of the hands and use of French forces and their allies.
- Mark mentions the Acadians were "on the run" for years after the end of the Seven Years War. This was not the case as no one was chasing them. Wherever Acadians went after 1763 they did so as a matter of choice, looking for a permanent place to established themselves.
- It is hard to label the deportation a genocide. For genocide there has to be an intent to kill the people. This was not the plan nor the case. It was an ethnic cleansing
- The idea for the poem Evangeline came from Hawthorne.
- In the 1750s/1760s Spain did not give Louisiana to France? Louisiana had been French territory since the seventeenth-century. At the end of the Seven Years War, Louisiana west of the Mississippi was given to Spain. East of the Mississippi to the British. France did not send the Acadians to Louisiana; Spain invites them to settle there. Some of the Acadians, in the 1760s go overland from the Thirteen Colonies to Louisiana, others sail from Nova Scotia to Haiti, and then to Louisiana. The largest group from France in the 1780s.
- I don’t believe you will find any Acadians leaving Acadia in the 1720s and 1730s for Louisiana. Why? Acadia was very prosperous and peaceful, and pretty much left alone by the British and French.
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Sounds like a great story
Marc...GenealogieQuebec has Jean Bastarache married to Huguette Vincent and Anne Gaudet as her mother. Was Johannes a different person from Jean Bastaracher...who also seems to be in Port Royal at the same time?
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Although I liked the content of the video, I did not like the title. Cultural genocide? That is simply click-bait. Besides, that issue is NEVER raised during the interview, or any kind of genocide for that matter. If you have the courage of dealing with genocide in the context of Acadian Deportation, then, clearly bring the issue FRONT AND CENTER. Thank you.
Thank you for your input. Title was meant to pose a question for the viewer to contemplate. I definitely could deal with the question better. It was an early video and I have been growing in experience at this whole TH-cam thing. I'm glad you enjoyed the video and would live some suggestions for a better title.