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Pedlar is a derogatory term used in the days of the Fur Trade by Hudson's Bay Company men to describe any trader from Québec, and later any trader from the North West Company, who "peddled" his goods to the Indigenous peoples by taking them to their encampments.
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- . "Pedlar". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 01 June 2015, Historica Canada. development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pedlar. Accessed 22 November 2024.
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- APA 6TH EDITION
- (2015). Pedlar. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pedlar
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- CHICAGO 17TH EDITION
- . "Pedlar." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published February 07, 2006; Last Edited June 01, 2015.
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- TURABIAN 8TH EDITION
- The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Pedlar," by , Accessed November 22, 2024, https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pedlar
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Pedlar
Published Online February 7, 2006
Last Edited June 1, 2015
