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 sel...
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ftuninewbrunojs:oai:ojs.journals.lib.unb.ca:article/25748 2023-05-15T17:12:57+02:00 Maroons and Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia, 1796-1800 Chopra, Ruma 2017-05-05 text/html application/pdf https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/25748 eng eng Acadiensis Press https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/25748/29846 https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/25748/29847 https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/25748 Copyright (c) 2017 Acadiensis Acadiensis; Vol. 46 No. 1 (2017) 1712-7432 0044-5851 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2017 ftuninewbrunojs 2022-07-11T11:40:57Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Mi’kmaq University of New Brunswick: Centre for Digital Scholarship Journals Noire ENVELOPE(140.019,140.019,-66.666,-66.666) Gouverneur ENVELOPE(139.951,139.951,-66.671,-66.671) |
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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. |
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Maroons and Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia, 1796-1800 |
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Maroons and Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia, 1796-1800 |
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Maroons and Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia, 1796-1800 |
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