Amherst name questioned, tied to general who advocated genocide

The bucolic Town of Amherstburg has existed for more than 200 years, though its namesake hasn’t weathered as well.
General Jeffery Amherst, after all, supported genocide against Indigenous people.
Academic research that is generating new discussion points to the commander-in-chief of the British army in North America for advocating the idea of infecting First Nations people with smallpox, not to mention wiping out the population entirely.
Amherst’s most damning letter was part of cor