The unprecedented prosperity of the early 19th century contributed to an extraordinary increase in immigration to Newfoundland

The events surrounding the Lundrigan-Butler affair, perhaps the most celeberated legal case in Newfoundland and Labrador history, where two fisherman were publically whipped for outstanding debts to a local merchant.

The Quebec Conference was held in 1864 and dealt with the creation of a federal system of government within Canada.

A report of the resolutions adopted at the Quebec Conference of Delegates from the provinces of Canada and the colonies of Newfoundland and PEI. (1864)

Report of the Newfoundland delegates to the Quebec Conference, 1865

Long before the suffrage movement, women's groups in Newfoundland and Labrador worked for social change and community improvement.