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Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857. Volume I
David Dobson
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Format: Paper
Pages: x + 150 pp.
Published: 1998
Reprinted: 2006
ISBN: 9780806348292
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Scotland has had direct social and
economic links with the West Indies for nearly 400 years. Settlement
started in 1626 when James Hay, the Earl of Carlisle, was appointed
Proprietor of Barbados, an event which led to a number of Scots making
their way to the island. After the union of Scotland and England in 1707
and the lifting of restrictions on trade between these two countries,
Scotland's trade with the islands expanded and so did its stream of
immigration throughout the West Indies. To a larger extent than
elsewhere, the colonies of the West Indies attracted Scots with skills
or money to invest. Scotsmen figured prominently in the Indies sugar
cane, cotton, and tobacco-growing businesses, a phenomenon which
promoted trade between the Indies and the mainland ports of Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Charleston, and Savannah. In due course, families
moved between these various locations, and links were established. The
Scottish population of the West Indies also increased when many
Loyalists took refuge there following the American Revolution.
In the compilation of this volume, the first in this series (see also Volume II),
David Dobson combed archives and libraries in Scotland, England, and
Denmark to yield the first listing devoted to Scottish inhabitants of
the West Indies for the period between 1707 and 1857. While the full
impact of Scottish settlement in the West Indies has yet to be fully
researched, Mr. Dobson has clearly broken new ground where immigration
source material is concerned. Arranged alphabetically by surname, many
of the entries in this volume were culled from Scottish newspapers like
the Aberdeen Journal, in which notices would appear seeking to employ
managers and servants. In all nearly 3,000 Scotsmen are identified by
full name, island inhabited, date, and source of the information, and
sometimes by occupation, parent(s) name(s), and education.
This volume is also available on our Family Archive CD 7268.
SEE ALSO THESE RELATED TITLES BY DAVID DOBSON:
Scots in New England
Scots in the Carolinas
Scots in Georgia and the Deep South, 1735-1845
Scots on the Chesapeake
Scots in the USA and Canada, 1825-1875
Scots in the USA and Canada, 1825-1875, Part Two |
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