“The Best of Abraham Gesner” by Allison Mitcham, Lancelot Press, Hantsport, Nova Scotia, ISBN 0-88999 585 0: A must read. The quotes in it from his reports about the horrific health and living conditions of Nova Scotia’s Mi’kmaq are shocking, to put it mildly.

Gesner (1797–1864) was a Nova Scotian, a medical doctor, a fellow of the Geological Society, a scientist, inventor and author. His most famous output was the development of kerosene, which laid the foundation for our modern petrochemical industry. He patented it on March 27, 1855.

Click the Link to read a Halifax Herald column I wrote detailing some of the condemning comments made byJoseph Howe and Abraham Gesner, May 15, 2003
http://www.danielnpaul.com/Col/2003/HistoryAwaitingAcknowledgment.html