For a time, Catholic apostates and French-speaking Protestants were known as "chiniquis."

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Chandonnet and the “Horror and Execration of Posterity” François Chandonnet reappeared in Quebec history as the era of the American Revolution ended and the French Revolution threatened to spread.

In 1797, the French Revolution came to Lower Canada.

Or did it?

The actual jury decided promptly. The historical jury is still out.

A new blog post from QTP.

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Anyway, good luck finding out who this "Francis Frenchman" was. #FrancoAmericans #HistoryProblems

Coming to a scholarly journal near you in 2026! #CanadaUS #FrancoAmericans #francophonie #Illinois #immigration #rural #Vermont

When the French Canadians Came to Town Contempt, eugenics, and the Ku Klux Klan

I just learned my #essay published today was chosen for the Medium publishing platform's boost program, meaning it will get some additional promotion. The book and #FrancoAmericans I wrote about could get more attention from Medium's subscribers. #immigrants #history baos.pub/when-the-fre...

The Cultural Ecosystem Current Franco-American spaces provide a sound foundation for a minority culture that can find greater visibility and flourish again.

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"It’s a lot—and it’s not, as far as public expressions are concerned, how we would picture a declining or languishing culture. We may not need to envy the cultural landscape that existed three or four decades ago." #FrancoAmericans

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The Heritage Month Project: "A Distinct Alien Race" and Eugenics This is it, folks. My last reading post for  National Immigrant Heritage Month   related to Franco- Americans and the very fine  A Distinct ...

Part4 (and the last) of my #NationalImmigrantHeritageMonth reading for my #HeritageMonth Project #FrancoAmericans. Terrific book. blog.gailgauthier.com/2025/06/the-...

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Reinvigorating Franco-American History C. Stewart Doty's call for research in specific areas of Franco-American history in 2000 can continue to guide scholarship in our day.

Did French Canadians leave because of discrimination or a colonial power structure? The answer lies in part in the departures of ordinary farmers in the Simcoe District and families living from the fisheries in Pubnico. #FrancoAmericans #Quebec

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Corruption, Tariffs, and the French Vote (in 1892) Franco-American newspapers connected electoral politics and the immigrant community and shaped public opinion on tariffs.

What's old is new: "The article below, carried in French in Le National on November 7, exemplifies how Franco-American newspapers connected the immigrant community with nationwide political issues and campaigns." #CanadaUS #election #FrancoAmericans #tariffs

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American and French: Robert Desty (1827-1895), Part II After failing to be seated in the California State Senate due to his citizenship status, Desty left his name to posterity through his work as a jurist.

"What does it mean to be an American (culturally and legally)? What do we owe to the unnaturalized immigrants of the Great Republican Experiment?" 2/2 #Canada #FrancoAmericans #immigration #ushistory

Part 2 of Desty's story:

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