Habitants

Habitant in winter clothes, by F.A. Hopkins (1858).

Habitants were the farmers of New France. They admired many things in First Nations' cultures and adopted some of their skills and technologies. The Habitants were hard working people who moved and lived in New France to farm.

Habitants Media

Habitants by Cornelius Krieghoff (1852)
Habitant in winter dress, by F.A. Hopkins (1858)

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