1.0Acadian Genealogy - Historical Acadian-Cajun Resourceshttps://acadiantest.cocompass.com/frDavid Peraltyhttps://acadiantest.cocompass.com/fr/author/dperalty/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="OnaAxNemee"><a href="https://acadiantest.cocompass.com/fr/history/redcoats-shot-acadians-1755-expulsion/">Redcoats shot Acadians in 1755 Expulsion</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://acadiantest.cocompass.com/fr/history/redcoats-shot-acadians-1755-expulsion/embed/#?secret=OnaAxNemee" width="600" height="338" title="« Redcoats shot Acadians in 1755 Expulsion » — Acadian Genealogy - Historical Acadian-Cajun Resources" data-secret="OnaAxNemee" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://acadiantest.cocompass.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>Redcoats shot Acadians in 1755 Expulsion [Confirmation Letter] Halifax, Nova Scotia; A 1755 letter acquired in 2001 by the University of Louisiana provides rare evidence that British soldiers shot people during the Acadian expulsion from Gran Pre, N.S. The letter, by British Major General John Winslow, describes how soldiers rounded-up 1,510 inhabitants by force and […]