In 1817, a young blacksmith, James Smith from Melsetter, Walls, Orkney, arrived in Cape Town, South Africa. He was one of 200 indentured men taken out to what to them was an unknown land by Benjamin Moodie, heir to the Melsetter Estate. Moodie’s scheme was an economic enterprise to relieve him from the estate debts … Continue reading Benjamin Moodie and 200 Indentured Scots : Part 1