Book description
Blood and Daring will change our views not just of Canada's relationship with the United States, but of the Civil War, Confederation and Canada itself.
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In Blood and Daring, lauded historian John Boyko makes a compelling argument that Confederation occurred when and as it did largely because of the pressuresā¦
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Few Americansāor Canadians, for that matterārealize how significant it is that the year Canada was born as a country, 1867, came just two years after the American Civil War ended.Ā And in many ways, the war south of the border played a huge role in the creation of Canada.
Looking back at my school years, I was appalled at how little we were taught of the truth of Canadaās connections to slavery and the slave South. Many members of Canadaās elitesābankers, politicians, newspaper publishers, Church leadersāopposed Lincoln for various reasons.
Boyko does an excellent job of explaining howā¦
From Julian's list on Civil War plots against Lincoln from Canada.
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