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RADIO-CANADA INTERNATIONAL

1982-0125

Sound

Radio-Canada International

producer, Ken Murphy; script, Laurier LaPierre; narrator, Budd Knapp

Budd Knapp, Henry Ramer, Powys Thomas, Paul Dupuis, Ruth Knott, Alan Mills, George Alexander

This program deals with the 1837 Rebellion in Lower Canada, (Quebec), and its leader, Louis Joseph Papineau. Like the Upper Canada Rebellion of the same year (see previous program), this one was against the vested authority of the British officials in the colony. In Lower Canada, however, an additional principle was at stake - the rights of the French-speaking Canadians as a distinct and separate group. There are many similarities between the two leaders of the rebellions: Both were brilliant, fiery orators; both were unsuccessful in their revolts against the government, and both fled to the United States to escape execution for treason. <28mn 27s>

English

E-517

Open

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