Who knew this man before he announces his death? Yet all our textbooks have to be worn or was his name in the references. For it is those who most contribute to dusting off the REAL history of Quebec, not the clergy. With
works founders, as History of New France . But especially as a secular lawyer, his books have shocked, like Jacques Cartier and Champlain show in their true light. And more with his series of books on slavery, starting with Two Centuries of Slavery in Quebec who is the result of his work where he lists one by one 4000 account, so that slaves in New France, a population of 60 000. Ensued: Dictionary of slaves and their owners in French Canada , The presence of blacks in Quebec society of yesterday and today , Slavery in French Canada; history and conditions of slavery . He has nearly fifty books and more than thirty awards and honors: Grand Officer of the Order of Quebec, Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite (French Republic) and honorary doctorates.
A man who for the embellishment of the story makes no sense that this was the time when the clergy was the custodian or the vision of politicians for a contemporary version of history taught to the school known as "non-confrontational." He who wrote so much only write the story than what it is, never to tell the story to justify his present.
"He who can not learn from three thousand years is living from day to day. "Goethe said
no better quote to summarize the life of this great historian.
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