Cover

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Maps

Abbreviations

Introduction: Rebellion, Invasion, and the Crisis of the Colonial State in the Canadas, 1837–9

Part One: Upper Canada

1 Trying the Rebels: Emergency Legislation and the Colonial Executive’s Overall Legal Strategy in the Upper Canadian Rebellion

2 The Toronto Treason Trials, March–May 1838

3 The Treason Trials of 1838 in Western Upper Canada

4 The Kingston and London Courts Martial

5 The Prince Affair: ‘Gallant Colonel’ or ‘The Windsor Butcher’?

6 Patriot Exiles in Van Diemen’s Land

Part Two: Lower Canada

7 ‘This Ultimate Resource’: Martial Law and State Repression in Lower Canada, 1837–8

8 State Trial by Legislature: The Special Council of Lower Canada, 1838–41

9 The General Court Martial at Montreal, 1838–9: Operation and the Irish Comparison

10 The Montreal Court Martial, 1838–9: Legal and Constitutional Reflections

11 ‘Women’s Work’: Women and Rebellion in Lower Canada, 1837–9

12 The Punishment of Transportation as Suffered by the Patriotes Sent to New South Wales

Appendices: Archival Research and Supporting Documents

A. In Pursuit of Rebels at the National Archives of Canada: Beyond the Usual Round-up of Suspect Sources

Tables of National Archives Sources with Commentary

B. Archival Sources in Quebec Relating to the Legal Suppression of the Rebellions of 1837 and 1838 in Lower Canada

C. Rebellion Trials Sources in Ontario Archives

D. Supporting Documents

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