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Revision as of 06:02, 14 April 2009
Joseph Gaurhept Broussard, also known as Beausoleil, (1702 - 1765) was a leader of the Acadian people in Acadia; later Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Life
He was born in Port Royal in 1702, but lived much of his life along the Petitcodiac River with his wife Agnes and their eleven children.
In the 1740s he began actively participating in the conflicts between the French and the British. (see History of the Acadians)[1] After the construction of Fort Beausejour in 1751, he lent aid to the garrison there. He became the leader of an armed resistance following the expulsion of the Acadians, leading assaults against the British on several occasions between 1755 and 1758 as part of the forces of Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot.[2] After arming a ship in 1758, he traveled through the upper Bay of Fundy region in his schooner attacking the British. His ship was seized in November 1758. He was then forced to flee, travelling first to the Miramichi and later to Fort Edward. Finally captured by the British forces in 1762, he was imprisoned with other Acadians in Halifax. Released in 1764, he was permitted to travel with several others to Dominica, but unable to adapt to the climate, he led the group to Louisiana.[3] He was one of the first 200 Acadians to arrive in Louisiana on February 27, 1765 aboard the Santo Domingo.[4] On April 8, 1765, he was appointed militia captain and commander of the Acadians of the Atakapas in St. Martinville, La.[5] Not long after his arrival, Joseph Broussard died in St. Martinville at the presumed age of 63. The exact date of his death is unknown, but it is assumed to have been on or around October 20, 1765. Many of his descendants live in Southern Louisiana and Nova Scotia.
Modern cultural references
The Cajun music group BeauSoleil is named after him.
References
- ^ "History:1755-Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil (c. 1702-1765)".
{{cite web}}: Text "access date-03-14-2009" ignored (help) - ^ "History:1755-Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil (c. 1702-1765)".
{{cite web}}: Text "access date-03-14-2009" ignored (help) - ^ C. A. Pincombe and E. W. Larracy, Resurgo: The History of Moncton, Volume 1, 1990, Moncton, p. 30
- ^ http://www.carencrohighschool.org/LA_Studies/ParishSeries/LafayetteParish/Broussard.htm www.carencrohighschool.org "Broussard named for early settler Valsin Broussard"]
- ^ "History:1755-Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil (c. 1702-1765)".
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- John Mack Faragher, A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2005).
- Warren A. Perrin, Acadian Redemption: From Beausoleil Broussard to the British Queen's Royal Proclamation (Opelousas, La.: Andrepont Publishing, 2005).
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