Brownbag Lecture by Ruma Chopra, “Deporting ‘Dangerous Enemies,’ 1750-1800,” August 23, 2012

Professor Chopra will discuss her exploration of the British practice of shuttling suspicious subjects throughout North America and the growing bureaucratic powers that supported these deportation schemes during the revolutionary era.

Dr. Ruma Chopra is Associate Professor at San Jose State University.  Her work explores the contingencies that determined political allegiance during the American Revolution.  Her book is titled, Unnatural Rebellion: Loyalists in New York City During the Revolution (University of Virginia Press, 2011).