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Teaching Lost Stories — Acadians and leprosy

In 1844, people who had leprosy in New Brunswick were sent to Sheldrake Island to keep them isolated from the rest of the population. Most of those infected were Acadian. This little-known story, called Leprosy on Sheldrake Island, is one … Continue reading

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