Trading
This poster depicts a representative exchange between Acadian farmers and New England traders in the early 1700s. Some of the details portrayed here are based on the inventory lists of actual vessels which traded in Acadia during this period; some are based on artifacts uncovered during an archaeological dig at the pre-expulsion Acadian farm-site at Belleisle, Nova Scotia. The poster is a reproduction of a watercolour painted by Nova Scotia Museum artist Azor Vienneau for use in the production of an education film series, Premières terres acadiennes.
Take a closer lookWhich people are from the trading ship, and which people are Acadians? How can you tell?What does the picture tell us about the kinds of transportation used by the Acadians during this period? Trading vessels like this one might visit an Acadian community only twice or three times a year. If you were an Acadian in the early 1700s, how would you prepare for such a visit? What does all this tell you about life in an Acadian community in the early 1700s? |
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