The Midnight Ride of Louis-Joseph Papineau: Vermont and the Patriote Rebellion of 1837/8
It’s the early hours of a December morning in 1837, and a group of men are riding hard through the forests of northern Vermont. Many miles behind them, in hot pursuit, are agents of the British government in Canada. Those fleeing are Louis-Joseph Papineau, leader of the Canadian Patriote Party, and a group of his […]