HUMA 1740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cultural Diversity
2 Dec 2015
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Scottish, english, natives, french, acadians, black slaves that were freed diversity. Maritime economy was stable based on export of raw materials (fish, wood etc. ) Agriculture was not important industry like it was in central canada. Good land was given to loyalists and high rank officers. Supplemented farming with other work in the off season. Working in lumber industry, load and unload ships. Headed north from nfl to hunt seals: fat used to be burned down to seal oil and sent to europe for lubricant or lamp purposes. Not very profitable industry people went in debt, starved. Rich got more rich, poor got more poor. Economic boom in the lumber scandinavian countries cut off british supply. New brunswick was heavily forested, every winter massive pines were destroyed. 1825, 50 times higher export of timber compared to early 1800s. Lumber industry dominated by few large companies owned by british. Most profits went to british shareholders: paid unskilled workers very little.
