DIGITISING SCOTTISH SLAVE OWNERSHIP IN 18TH CENTURY JAMAICA

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