A Desert Between Us and Them | Episode 1 | The Refugees

A Desert Between Us and Them | Episode 1 | The Refugees

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Exlore teh War of 1812 in this historical documentary. After the loss of Lake Erie to the Americans, the British abandon Upper Canada’s Western Frontier, and the Moravian Delaware flee to Burlington Heights with thousands of other refugees.

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