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OPINION: 11,000 Acadians Banished - Historic Mass Deportation Echoes In Today's U.S. Crackdowns

The Record-Courier|Oct 12, 2025
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An opinion columnist recounts visiting Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, a UNESCO World Heritage site commemorating the 1755–1762 deportation of about 11,000 Acadians by the British. The author links that mass expulsion to present-day U.S. deportation crackdowns, arguing that historical lessons should inform current immigration and human-rights debates.

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