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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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- MLA 8TH EDITION
- Colombo, John Robert. "Pedlar". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 31 January 2017, Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pedlar. Accessed 24 January 2020.
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- APA 6TH EDITION
- Colombo, J., Pedlar (2017). In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pedlar
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- CHICAGO 17TH EDITION
- Colombo, John Robert, "Pedlar". In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published February 07, 2006; Last Edited January 31, 2017. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pedlar
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- TURABIAN 8TH EDITION
- Colombo, John Robert. The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Pedlar", Last Edited January 31, 2017, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pedlar
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Pedlar
| Article by | John Robert Colombo |
| Published Online | February 7, 2006 |
| Last Edited | June 1, 2015 |
