Duelling in a New World

John White is a barrister trapped in a disastrous marriage. In 1792, he breaks loose and strikes out for a new life over the sea, leaving Marianne and his children in England. As Upper Canada's first Attorney-General, he confronts the conflicts of the early parliament. He pushes through a bill abolishing the import of slaves--long before Britain or America--and he fights to give Aboriginals justice in white man's courts. He also establishes the Law Society of Upper Canada, still in existenc...