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Acadian Neutral
Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
one of the Acadian French who, after the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 had brought Acadia under British rule, refused to take the oath of allegiance, preferring to remain neutral to the strife between British and French.
See: French Neutral
Quotations
1924
Much has been written about the expatriation of the “Acadian Neutrals” in 1775 and about the causes ....