1803-1884+Susanna+Moodie



She wrote her first children's book in 1822, and published other children's stories in [|London], including books about [|Spartacus] and [|Jugurtha]. In London she was also involved in the [|Anti-Slavery Society], transcribing the narrative of the former Caribbean slave [|Mary Prince].
 * Susanna Moodie **, born Strickland was an [|English] -born [|Canadian] [|author] who wrote about her experiences as a settler in [|Canada] , which was a British colony at the time.

Moodie continued to write in Canada and her letters and journals contain valuable information about life in the colony. She observed life in what was then the backwoods of Ontario, including [|native] customs, the climate, the wildlife, relations between the Canadian population and recent [|American], and the strong sense of community and the communal work,known as "bees" (which she, incidentally, hated). She suffered through the economic [|depression] in 1836, and her husband served in the [|militia] against [|William Lyon Mackenzie] in the [|Upper Canada Rebellion] in 1837.

Her greatest success was [|Roughing it in the Bush]. The inspiration for the memoir came from a suggestion by her editor that she write an "emigrant's guide" for British people looking to move to Canada. Moodie wrote of the trials and tribulations she found as a "New Canadian", rather than the advantages to be had in the colony. She claimed that her intention was not to discourage immigrants but to prepare people like herself, raised in relative wealth and with no prior experience as farmers, for what life in Canada would be like