In this event, historian and independent researcher David Alston and multi-disciplinary visual artist and researcher Ashanti Harris are in conversation with Peggy Brunache, Lecturer in the History of Atlantic Slavery and Director of the Beniba Centre for Slavery Studies at the University of Glasgow.ĭavid’s new book Slaves and Highlanders: Silenced Histories of Scotland and the Caribbean focuses on the Scottish Highlanders who engaged in or benefitted from these crimes against humanity in the Caribbean Islands and Guyana.Īshanti Harris’s work focuses on recontextualising historical narratives, in particular surrounding the movement of people, ideas and things, and the wider social implications of these movements.Īs Scots recover and grapple with their past, this legacy, entwined with so many of our contemporary institutions, must be reckoned with. 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. a connection identified by David Alston, Slaves and Highlanders William and Charles Lamont Robertson. David Alston gives voice not only to these Scots but to enslaved Africans and. 2478 has been inferred to be the estate known as Maryville in the Slave Registers based on the presence of John and Mary Ann Noble as claimants and the broadly comparable number of enslaved people. Listed Under Talks and Lectures Events / Books Events This book focuses on the Scottish Highlanders who engaged in or benefitted.
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