Charlottetown Land Tenure Question Memorial Plaque

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
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This memorial, erected by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, is dedicated to the memory of land issues on the island and, in particular, to the Land Tenure Question of the nineteenth century.

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THE LAND TENURE QUESTION
LA TENURE DES TERRES A L'ILE-DU-PRINCE-EDOUARD

Land dominated Island politics for over a century. In 1767 the British government granted the Island in 67 lots to 100 proprietors. Settlement proceeded slowly, marked by tenants' grievances about leases, high rents and eviction. Gradually leasehold tenures disappeared, some proprietors sold farms to their tenants, others sold estates to the government, willingly under an 1853 law or by compulsion after 1875. Sporadically after 1830 land disputes led to rent strikes, riots and arson. Brighton Powder Magazine was built in 1866 when troops were stationed here to quash the Tenant League.

La question agraire a dominé la politique de l'Ile pendant plus d'un siècle. En 1767, l'Angleterre concéda l'Ile à 100 propriétaires. L'exploitation fut leute au début
les griefs des locataires concernement les baux, les coûts de location et les expulsions. L'affermage disparut graduellement. De bon gré après 1853 ou de force après 1875, des propriétaires vndirent des fermes, d'autres des domaines. Aprés 1830 des litiges menèrent à des grèves, des émeules et des incendies criminels. La poudrière Brighton fut érigée en 1866 pour des troupes en garnison ici pour mater la Ligue des locataires.

Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada

Government of Canada - Gouvernement du Canada

Location
Charlottetown Land Tenure Question Memorial Plaque

112 Brighton Road
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 46.23069
Long. -63.143568

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