The Tenant League of Prince Edward Island, 1864-1867
Subtitle: leasehold tenure in the New World
By: Ian Ross Robertson.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
Subjects: Tenant League of Prince Edward Island.; Farm tenancy -- Prince Edward Island -- History -- 19th century.; Land reform -- Prince Edward Island -- History -- 19th century.
Description: Historical writing about the middle years of the 1860s in British North America has focused almost exclusively on the Confederation movement and the theme of nation-building. As a consequence, scholars have largely overlooked one of the most successful extra-parliamentary movements of common people in the history of North America, which flourished in Prince Edward Island during those very years.

The Tenant League produced a highly compelling history, in that it played a decisive role in undermining the leasehold system of land tenure that Britain had imposed a century earlier. Through an exhaustive study of period documents, Ian Ross Robertson examines the origins, the modus operandi, and the impact of this organization. In doing so, he has illuminated a rich part of Canadian history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-379) and index.

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