 | Riots in New Brunswick: Orange Nativism and Social Violence in the 1840s Subjects: Orangemen -- New Brunswick -- History -- 19th century; Nativism; Riots -- New Brunswick -- History -- 19th century; Irish -- New Brunswick -- History -- 19th century; Catholics -- New Brunswick -- History -- 19th century; New Brunswick -- Social condition; During the mid to late 1840s, dramatic riots shook the communities of Woodstock, Fredericton, and Saint John. Irish-Catholic immigrants fought Protestant Orangemen, with fists, club, and firearms. This book is the first serious historical treatment of the bloody riots and the tangled events that led to them. See Scott W. : Scott W. See is Libra Professor Emeritus and former chair of the University of Maine's History Department. |
