Foreign Protestants

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As Foreign Protestants ( foreign Protestants ) is in Canada refers to a group of immigrants, the 1749 to 1753 by Nova Scotia emigrated. These mostly German immigrants settled mainly in the south of the peninsula; this area was strongly influenced by the immigrants, which is expressed, among other things, in German place names.

The crossing took place on the following twelve ships:

  • Aldernay / Nancy (1750)
  • Ann (1750)
  • Gale (1751)
  • Speedwell (1751)
  • Pearl (1751)
  • Murdoch (1751)
  • Speedwell (1752)
  • Betty (1752)
  • Sally (1752)
  • Pearl (1752)
  • Gale (1752)

background

In order to compensate for the imbalance in Nova Scotia between Protestants and the mainly resident Acadian- French Catholics, the British crown wooed Protestant emigrants in Europe. British Protestants, however, were difficult to persuade to emigrate to this rather inhospitable area. The British colonial rulers along the Rhine successfully advertised the company primarily to Lutherans from the Palatinate and Württemberg, including Protestants from Montbéliard , but also to French-speaking Swiss, using attractive offers such as a free crossing as well as free land and free practice of religion . These promotional trips were led by John Dick.

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