Joseph Broussard
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Joseph Broussard, also known as Beausoleil, was a leader of the Acadian people in Acadie; later renamed Nova Scotia.
He was born in Port Royal (Annnapolis Royal, NS) in 1702. He lived much of his life along the Petitcodiac River, with his wife Agnes. They had 11 children. Joseph Broussard died in St. Martinville, Louisiana in 1765. The exact date of his death is unknown, but assumed to have been on or around October 20, 1765.
He was a leader of the armed resistance against the British expulsion of the Acadians from the territory.
The Cajun music group BeauSoleil is named after him.
References
- 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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