Lawrence had them thrown in a Halifax prison. When new delegates also refused to swear an oath. Lawrence set in motion the deportation of the Acadians from their homelands to be replaced by British settlers. In all. some 6.000 Acadians were taken from their homes and villages in 1755 and shipped to other American colonies or back to Europe. According to the Canadian Park Service. more than 10.000 Acadians. or 75 percent of the population were deported between 1755 and 1763. Some of those 50 Acadians found their way back to their beloved Acadia and to the mouth of the St. John River.
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