 | Assisting Emigration to Upper Canada: The Petworth Project, 1832-1837 Subjects: Ontario -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century; England -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century; Petworth Emigration Committee; Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History -- 19th century; ; The 1830s were years of social and political change in Britain. Rural unrest in 1830?31 spurred politicians and landlords to reexamine the roles government and individuals should play in fighting poverty. Assisting Emigration to Upper Canada demonstrates the impact of new attitudes and new rules of relief for the English poor on poor immigrants arriving in Upper Canada. |
