scots slaves

[macwilkin]

Speaking of Scots and slavery, this topic is certainly germane to this thread:

http://living.scotsman.com/ViewArtic...icleid=2664063

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=4632964

Most folks do not realize that Robert Burns almost immigrated to the West Indies to work on a plantation:

http://www.scotland.org/about/histor...d-slavery.html

Check out the song The Slaves' Lament, which has been attributed by some to Burns.

Regards,

Todd

[Rab Gordon]

An interesting piece of history, here's a couple of articles from a brief Google on it;

http://www.geocities.com/sconemac/slavery2.html

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

Rab

[BatlRatl]

Maybe another piece of the puzzle.
Nonetheless, it open my eyes more
that ancestry doesn't go in a straight line.