Life in the 1830’s was very different from life now. People, cities, towns and work: everything was different. Communication was incredibly difficult, and same with the living conditions. In this essay, I will be comparing lifestyles, work, and entertainment. I will compare our current age to the 19th century. I will be focusing on two sisters that came from England, to Canada named Susanna Moodie & Catherine Parr Traill.
The world was huge back then, people had to travel by sea to every place, or by horseback. There were no cars, planes, or jets. Everything moved slowly, people didn’t go to the store to get things, people didn’t buy their food, they had to farm it themselves. Now a days everything is at our fingertips, we can order anything online, we can travel anywhere in the world in less than a day, it has made the world so small, everything is connected. A new invention in another country, will be in yours within a day.
When Susanne and Catherine traveled to Upper Canada, they traveled in what is called a coffin ship. These ships are called that because once you step on it, the chances of catching a disease or becoming sick increases significantly. Most people would die on these ships because of lack of food, density of people onboard, and very little hygen. These ships would be traveling on the open water for roughly a month, maybe even two; if circumstances forced it. People on board had to supply themselves with their own food. No food was served to them, so it was not like a cruise ship, or really any kind of ship nowadays.
Susanne and Catherine arrived to Upper Canada in the year 1832. They did not arrive with a lot
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