scots slaves

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

And the $64,000 question is: after they arrived in Barbados, what did they do that prevented them from achieving manumission?

[skauwt]

And the $64,000 question is: after they arrived in Barbados, what did they do that prevented them from achieving manumission?

that was the home they knew and lived in many have no idea of there ancestors as most didn't speak of it , its like asking alot of African Americans there heritage how many folk know which part of Africa they came from
Scotland would've just been a distant unknown island to barbados folk ....you`d really need to see the program or research some more to understand to be honest its not like they are still slaves

[Dan R Porter]

Does scotland have any holidays/monuments to slaves? I always thought it was wierd that ireland doesn't. http://www.giftofireland.com/IrishSlaves.htm

[macwilkin]

Does scotland have any holidays/monuments to slaves? I always thought it was wierd that ireland doesn't. http://www.giftofireland.com/IrishSlaves.htm

The Scots were the first in Europe to erect a monument to the martyred Lincoln, the "Great Emancipator" of the slaves:

http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...n_monument.htm

Regards,

Todd

[Dan R Porter]

Interesting read. Thanks for that.

[Woot22]

The Scots were the first in Europe to erect a monument to the martyred Lincoln, the "Great Emancipator" of the slaves:
Todd

I have been to Edinburgh a few times and had no idea there was a statue of Abraham Lincoln there. I will be sure to visit it this summer when I am there. Learn something new everyday, thanks for sharing.

[macwilkin]

As an aside to this topic, it could certainly be argued that indentured servitude was a form of slavery. Many Ulster-Scots sold themselves into servitude and either died before their contract ended, or had to keep extending their contracts. Noted historian Dr. Richard Hofstadter has a very interesting essay on White Servitude here:

http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/Dep.../whiteser.html


Regards,

Todd

[skauwt]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00k7t42 here you go folks the 50 minute programme in question hopefully it`s viewable the world over (i shall insert the link into my first starter post also )