Video Presentation: The Cabot Mill and Brunswick, Maine's Franco-Americans

This is a video of a presentation I delivered in April 2014 through the auspices of the Pejepscot Historical Society of Brunswick, Maine. It details the development of the Franco-American community in that town and the history of the textile mill that began to bring French-Canadians to Brunswick in the mid 19th century.

Among other topics I discuss:

• Reasons for the exodus from rural Québec
• Chain migration from L'Islet, QC to Brunswick
• Conditions in the company-owned housing
• The background of the Boston Brahmin mill owners
• The steps the Franco-Americans took to improve their lot in adverse conditions

This talk covers some of the research I have written about before (for example here and here) but includes research and graphics that I have never before published.

I hope you have time to sit back and enjoy this presentation.