![]() ![]() ![]() This diverse population, purged from the political culture of the United States, went on to form Canada as one of its founding peoples, with French Canadians and First Nations, and created, as one commentator has described it, a “national persona” based on tolerance and a “multi-cultural ethos.” Canada has since become a beacon for those seeking freedom across the world, including Americans, from escaped slaves to avoiders of the military draft during the Vietnam war. The vast majority - black and white, free and enslaved - went north to Quebec and Nova Scotia, tripling the population almost overnight. ![]() During and after the conflict, tens of thousands of Americans who remained loyal to the British constitution were forced to find refuge, and create new lives, in what remained of British America and elsewhere. In 1783, the British government partitioned North America after a civil war against the leaders of 13 self-proclaimed breakaway republics. ![]()
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