scots 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 )

[JolyStNicholas]

Thru sharing we learn. And my thanks to you for sharing this very interesting
article. Well done!