Emigration and Colonization explores a pivotal push to move people and power across the British Empire.
This non-fiction work collects the aims, debates, and public efforts to organize emigration to Canada and other North American possessions, drawing on speeches, letters, and official proposals from the 1840s.
This edition presents the modern reader with a clear view of the arguments for strengthening British influence abroad through population settlement, better labor deployment, and colonial development. It follows a sequence of meetings, memorials, and policy discussions that shaped how Britain approached emigration as a national project.
- A detailed look at early emigration organizations and public meetings in Britain and Ireland.
- Accounts of proposals, petitions, and public addresses that argued for colonization as a strategy for national prosperity.
- Insights into how emigration ties to political and economic goals of the era.
- Documentation of the reception, challenges, and public debate surrounding these plans.
Ideal for readers of colonial history, 19th-century reform movements, and policy-driven approaches to population and empire.