8 research outputs found
HIST 173: Old World and New World Encounters Course Redesign
Poster summarizing course redesign activities for HIST 173: Old World and New World Encounters.https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/davinci_itcr2014/1001/thumbnail.jp
University Scholar Series: Ruma Chopra
Choosing Sides: Loyalists in Revolutionary America
On April 30, 2014, Dr. Ruma Chopra spoke in the University Scholar Series hosted by Interim Provost Andy Feinstein at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. In this talk, Dr. Chopra discusses colonial resistance to the American Revolution. Dr. Chopra’s book, Choosing Sides: Loyalists in Revolutionary America, details arguments given by America’s original colonists, including slaves and Native Americans, against the formation of the United States. Even hundreds of years into America’s existence, these arguments are echoed and championed both within and beyond our borders. Dr. Chopra is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at SJSU.https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/uss/1030/thumbnail.jp
Maroons and Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia, 1796-1800
Forcibly relocated by the Jamaican government, the Maroons of Trelawney Town, Jamaica, reached Halifax in July 1796. Lieutenant-Governor John Wentworth, former loyalist governor of New Hampshire, experimented with integrating and converting these 150 uprooted black families, refugees of war. His self-congratulatory benevolence created and extended the fractured relationships among black and Aboriginal communities in the region. This article helps demonstrate the limits of British paternalism and the far-reaching consequences of distinguishing people of African ancestry from Aboriginal people.Déplacés de force par le gouvernement jamaïcain, les « Marrons » de Trelawney Town, en Jamaïque, atteignirent Halifax en juillet 1796. Le lieutenant-gouverneur John Wentworth, ancien gouverneur loyaliste du New Hampshire, fit des tentatives d’intégration et de conversion de ces 150 familles noires déracinées et réfugiées de guerre. Sa bienveillance pleine de suffisance créa et prolongea une fracture dans les relations entre la communauté noire et la communauté autochtone de la région. Cet article aide à démontrer les limites du paternalisme britannique et les conséquences énormes qu’entraîna la distinction faite entre les personnes d’ascendance africaine et les membres de la communauté autochtone
God against the Revolution: The Loyalist Clergy's Case against the American Revolution. By Gregg L. Frazer. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2018. 265 pp. $34.95 hardcover.
Os Quilombolas Monarquistas da Jamaica no Mundo Atlântico Britânico, 1740-1800
Resumo Este artigo investiga como uma comunidade de ex-escravos, os quilombolas de Trelawney Town, do norte da Jamaica, sobreviveu Ă escravidĂŁo e ao exĂlio, aliando-se aos interesses do ImpĂ©rio Britânico. A Jamaica, como outras sociedades escravistas do Novo Mundo, produziu fugitivos, e quando esses escravos fugidos estabeleceram comunidades separadas e autĂ´nomas de longa duração foram chamados, em inglĂŞs, de Maroons e, em portuguĂŞs, de quilombolas. O isolamento protegeu os quilombolas jamaicanos da escravidĂŁo, mas tambĂ©m os impediu de participar da prosperidade do ImpĂ©rio Britânico em expansĂŁo. Em 1740, apĂłs anos de guerrilha contra a elite colonial, seis grupos quilombolas da ilha assinaram tratados nos quais aceitavam o regime da plantation, optando por usar sua experiĂŞncia de guerrilha em benefĂcio dos grandes proprietários, e nĂŁo contra eles. Em troca de sua prĂłpria autonomia, tornaram-se caçadores de escravos e impediram outros escravos de estabelecer novas comunidades quilombolas. PorĂ©m, dĂ©cadas de lealdade nĂŁo evitaram que o maior grupo de quilombolas, o de Trelawney Town, fosse banido. Em 1796, apĂłs uma guerra violenta, o governo colonial deportou-os sumariamente para a Nova EscĂłcia britânica. Depois de quatro anos ali, os 550 quilombolas de Trelawney Town foram transferidos para Serra Leoa. Apesar da deportação, eles continuaram a se ver como um grupo privilegiado na Nova EscĂłcia e em Serra Leoa, e fizeram o possĂvel para revitalizar sua lealdade ao rei, para se mostrarem como “amigos Ăşteis” do ImpĂ©rio. Suas ações revelam que o monarquismo popular do sĂ©culo XVIII era suficientemente elástico para funcionar sob condições drasticamente modificadas
Christer Petley. White Fury: A Jamaican Slaveholder and the Age of Revolution. New York: Oxford, 2018. Pp. 320. $27.95 (cloth).
Right atrial myxoma with glandular differentiation: A rare entity in pediatric age group
Cardiac myxomas (CMs) account for nearly half of the primary cardiac tumors in the elderly. They arise from sub-endocardial “reserve” or lepidic” cells, which may show divergent differentiation. We describe a CM with glandular differentiation in the right atrium of a 10-year-old child who presented with respiratory distress on exertion, of 2 months duration. On echocardiography, two large interconnected masses measuring 34×30 mm and 20×17 mm were seen to arise from the free wall of the right atrium. Cut surface of the excised mass was myxoid with areas of calcification. On microscopy, there were typical features of a myxoma with prominent glandular differentiation and characteristic immunophenotype. The case is being reported due to its rarity in pediatric age group as well as its glandular differentiation, which must be recognized as a spectrum of histomorphologic diversity and must not be mistaken for a metastatic adenocarcinoma