Description
Scots were involved in every stage of the slave trade: from captaining slaving ships to auctioning captured Africans in the colonies and hunting down those who escaped from bondage. This book focuses on the Scottish Highlanders who engaged in or benefitted from these crimes against humanity in the Caribbean Islands and Guyana. David Alston gives voice not only to these Scots but to enslaved Africans and their descendants. This legacy, entwined with so many of our contemporary institutions, must be reckoned with.
Details
  • Author: Alston, David
  • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publication Date: 31/10/2021
  • ISBN: 9781474427319
  • B-Code: B058548
  • Illustrated: B/w illustrations & maps
  • Pages: 400
  • Dimensions: 216x138mm
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