Talk by Dr Stephen Mullen from the University of Glasgow, who explained how the digitised Stirling of Keir archives help tell the story
of a Scottish plantation owner in Jamaica.
The picture above is Ham(p)den House which was one of the estates of the Stirling of Keir Family that functioned for over a century in Jamaica , the profits were mostly repatriated , or more accurately extracted , to Family and Investments in Scotland.
This article by Stephen Mullen gives a more detailed picture of the slow , onerous though vital task of piecing together Scotlands , often shameful , imperial past.
The video below features Stephen telling the story of Scotlands role , especially challenging the traditional narrative that the defeated Highlanders of Culloden were perpetual victims whereas they had a high proportion of slave owners in the Caribbean
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
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